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Pros and cons continue to swirl around data centers — some in the planning stages, others already in motion in Wisconsin. A We Energies proposal is adding fuel to the fire. It would create a new energy rate for so-called “very large” customers, like data centers.

Kyle Cranmer, director of UW-Madison's Data Science Institute, weighs in on the spread of data centers in Wisconsin.

GOP lawmakers held press conferences around the state to introduce a data center regulation bill.

Whether to build more power plants in Wisconsin to serve a growing number of data centers is a tricky question, according to a new Wisconsin Policy Forum report.

We use data centers every day. So why are they so controversial in the communities where tech companies want to build them?

Why are data centers so controversial in the communities where tech companies want to build them?

Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff have decided on a preliminary basis that there would be no adverse environmental impact if the power plant would run until it's 80.

The power plants have faced heavy public criticism leading up to the decision.

The utility says the large plant is a needed step toward phasing out use of coal at its complex along Lake Michigan.

The executive director of RENEW Wisconsin offers predictions for 2025.