Data Center Registry

DPO Wisconsin Rapids AI Computing Facility

Wisconsin Rapids, Wood County, Wisconsin

ProposedNo reception on recordAI confirmedRecord updated October 28, 2026

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 23, 2025, 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: Not established from a public source
Land: Not established from a public source
Investment: $200 million
Announced: January 23, 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 23, 2025
Proposed
DPO announced a $200M AI computing development enabling up to 20 MW, 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 October 28, 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. As of October 2026, the announcement gives no exact street address or acreage; BizTimes Milwaukee reports plans for "approximately 10 acres of land in Wisconsin Rapids", located "near downtown Wisconsin Rapids along Highway 34". Coordinates are the Wisconsin Rapids city geocode. As of October 2026, the cited sources are the announcement and a BizTimes Milwaukee report that attributes the project to a company announcement, so no independent reporting is cited and the record is marked reported. The announcement says the project "will enable up to 20 megawatts of AI computing"; as a ceiling, that is not recorded as planned capacity.

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.

Power capacity in megawatts
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

Power capacity in megawatts: The utility's large load service agreement, the interconnection request in the grid operator's queue, or the electrical site plan in the permit file.
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

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Wisconsin Rapids Data Center · Wisconsin Rapids · PCH WI Holdings LLCunder 1 mile · Proposed · 150 MW · Contested
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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the DPO Wisconsin Rapids AI Computing Facility in Wisconsin Rapids?

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 October 28, 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. No capacity figure is on record for this site.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "DPO Wisconsin Rapids AI Computing Facility," updated October 28, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/dpo-wisconsin-rapids-hpc-wi.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.1 (October 4, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/dpo-wisconsin-rapids-hpc-wi, retrieved October 29, 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 · original offline, archived copy from October 1, 2026
2.Data center developer plans $200 million project in Wisconsin Rapids (up to 20 MW, ~10 acres, power from Consolidated Water Power Company, 50-year land lease) · BizTimes Milwaukee · retrieved September 13, 2026

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