Racine
City in Racine County, Wisconsin; host city for Microsoft's Mount Pleasant data centre campus; required to sign an NDA suppressing community impact data until Milwaukee Riverkeeper litigation forced disclosure.
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Does Racine County have enough water for both Microsoft's data centre and its residents long-term?
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Microsoft Mount Pleasant: 8M gallons via lawsuit
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash- What city is Microsoft's Wisconsin data centre in?
- Microsoft's $3.3 billion data centre campus is in Mount Pleasant, a village in Racine County, Wisconsin. The Racine County municipal water system provides up to 8 million gallons per day to the facility under an agreement disclosed after litigation by Milwaukee Riverkeeper.Source: Lowdown data-centres briefing
Background
Racine is a city in south-eastern Wisconsin on Lake Michigan, adjacent to Mount Pleasant village where Microsoft is building its $3.3 billion data centre campus. Racine County's municipal water system is the source of the water supply agreement under which Microsoft committed to drawing up to 8 million gallons per day for cooling — revealed through Milwaukee Riverkeeper's litigation after the county had kept the agreement confidential.
Racine is a mid-sized city with a significant manufacturing history. The Microsoft campus in neighbouring Mount Pleasant represents one of the largest private investments in the county's history. The water disclosure controversy highlighted tensions between economic development aspirations and transparency obligations for public utilities serving large industrial customers.