Data Center Registry
DPO Wisconsin Rapids AI Computing Facility
Wisconsin Rapids, Wood County, Wisconsin
DPO Wisconsin Rapids AI Computing Facility is a proposed data center in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin (Wood County), operated by Digital Power Optimization. The public record puts it at announced January 31, 2025, 20 MW planned, a reported $200 million investment.
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Facility record
Proposed
- Operator
- Digital Power Optimization
- Facility type
- Data center, AI use confirmed
- Location
- Wisconsin Rapids, Wood County, WI
- Coordinates
- 44.3918, -89.8229 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- 20 MW planned
- Land
- Not established from a public source
- Investment
- $200 million
- Announced
- January 31, 2025
- Utility
- Consolidated Water Power Company
- Power source
- Hydro
- Cooling
- Not established from a public source
- Water use
- Not established from a public source
- Jobs
- Not established from a public source
- Public subsidy
- Not established from a public source
- Community reception
- No reception on record
- Source confidence
- Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing
Timeline from the record
Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.
- January 31, 2025ProposedDPO announced a $200M, 20 MW AI computing development with land and firm hydro power secured through CWPCo; energization targeted for 2026. Source: PR Newswire / Digital Power Optimization
Opposition and litigation at this site
Nothing on record as of August 18, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over DPO Wisconsin Rapids AI Computing Facility in Wisconsin Rapids, Wood County, Wisconsin appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.
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Power and water
Firm power from CWPCo (a Billerud subsidiary and regulated utility operating 32 MW of hydroelectric generation). DPO secured a land lease of up to 50 years and interconnection rights to an existing, energized substation.
Notes on the record
Pre-development funded by an investor consortium led by Salutem Capital; Stantec providing engineering support. Exact street address and acreage not disclosed in the announcement, so coordinates are the Wisconsin Rapids city geocode. Single-source, hence 'reported'.
What the record does not establish, and the document that would
In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.
- Cooling method and water use
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- Permanent jobs promised
- Land area
- How the community has received it
Which document closes each gap
- Cooling method and water use
- The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
- Permanent jobs promised
- The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
- Land area
- The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with the county.
- How the community has received it
- Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.
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Our reporting on this site
- The Microsoft Fairwater Noise Class Action · Active litigation
- The Port Washington Lawsuits · Active litigation
Other sites within 30 miles
Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.
- Wisconsin Rapids Data Center · Wisconsin Rapids · PCH WI Holdings LLCunder 1 mile · Proposed
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the DPO Wisconsin Rapids AI Computing Facility in Wisconsin Rapids?
Nothing on record as of August 18, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over DPO Wisconsin Rapids AI Computing Facility in Wisconsin Rapids, Wood County, Wisconsin appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the DPO Wisconsin Rapids AI Computing Facility?
No lawsuit over DPO Wisconsin Rapids AI Computing Facility appears in the record we track as of August 18, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.
How much water does DPO Wisconsin Rapids AI Computing Facility use?
No water withdrawal figure for DPO Wisconsin Rapids AI Computing Facility is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.
Who operates DPO Wisconsin Rapids AI Computing Facility, and how big is it?
Digital Power Optimization is the operator on record. Capacity on record is 20 MW.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "DPO Wisconsin Rapids AI Computing Facility," updated August 18, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/dpo-wisconsin-rapids-hpc-wi.
Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.32.0 (September 7, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/dpo-wisconsin-rapids-hpc-wi, retrieved September 14, 2026.
Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.
Sources for this record
As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.
- 1.DPO Launches $200 Million AI Data Center Development in Partnership with Billerud · PR Newswire / Digital Power Optimization · retrieved August 18, 2026
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