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Meta Beaver Dam Data Center Campus

Beaver Dam, Dodge County, Wisconsin · All 28 Meta sites · Every Meta case on our tracker

Under constructionMixed receptionAI confirmedRecord updated September 10, 2026

Meta Beaver Dam Data Center Campus is a data center under construction in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin (Dodge County), operated by Meta. The public record puts it at announced November 2025, 220 MW planned, a reported $1 billion investment. It has documented support and documented opposition on record.

Every line on this page traces to a public source listed at the bottom. Where a figure was looked for and not found, the row says so. A blank is never a zero.

Facility record

Under construction

Operator
Meta
Facility type
Data center, AI use confirmed
Location
Beaver Dam, Dodge County, WI
Coordinates
43.4570, -88.8370
Power capacity
220 MW planned
Land
Not established from a public source
Investment
$1 billion
Announced
November 2025
Utility
Alliant Energy
Power source
Grid
Cooling
air
Water use
Not established from a public source
Jobs
100 permanent; 1,000 construction
Public subsidy
Not established from a public source
Community reception
Mixed reception
Source confidence
Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation

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.

  1. March 2026
    Under construction
    Mortenson leading site grading, foundational work, and infrastructure preparation; completion targeted 2027 Source: Construction Dive
  2. November 2025
    Proposed
    Meta announced $1B data center at Alliant Energy Beaver Dam Commerce Park; Mortenson selected as general contractor Source: Meta

Opposition and litigation at this site

Partly. Both documented support and documented opposition to Meta Beaver Dam Data Center Campus in Beaver Dam, Dodge County, Wisconsin appear in the record, with no clear majority position. Gov.

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: mixed reception means documented support and documented opposition both exist with no clear majority position on record.

Gov. Evers expressed strong support; some residents raised concerns about water modeling and aquifer impacts

Source: Meta

Power and water

Meta committed to 100% clean and renewable energy; also investing ~$200M in grid infrastructure upgrades and substations

Dry cooling, no water consumption for cooling once operational; 570 acres of wetland/prairie restoration surrounding facility via Ducks Unlimited partnership

Notes on the record

Coordinates are approximate city centroid for Beaver Dam; exact site is Alliant Energy Beaver Dam Commerce Park (Wisconsin's largest certified development-ready site). 700,000+ sq ft campus. Meta's 26th US data center. AI workloads are the stated purpose.

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.

  • Tax abatements or other public subsidy
  • Land area
Which document closes each gap
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.
Land area
The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with the county.

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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.

Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Meta Beaver Dam Data Center Campus in Beaver Dam?

Partly. Both documented support and documented opposition to Meta Beaver Dam Data Center Campus in Beaver Dam, Dodge County, Wisconsin appear in the record, with no clear majority position. Gov.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Meta Beaver Dam Data Center Campus?

No lawsuit over Meta Beaver Dam Data Center Campus appears in the record we track as of September 10, 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 Meta Beaver Dam Data Center Campus use?

No water withdrawal figure for Meta Beaver Dam Data Center Campus is on record here. Cooling is recorded as air, which is the strongest available clue: closed loop and air cooled plant draw far less than evaporative cooling. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.

Who operates Meta Beaver Dam Data Center Campus, and how big is it?

Meta is the operator on record. We hold 28 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 220 MW.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Meta Beaver Dam Data Center Campus," updated September 10, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/meta-beaver-dam-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/meta-beaver-dam-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. 1.Hello, Beaver Dam!, Meta Data Centers blog · Meta · retrieved July 6, 2026
  2. 2.Meta taps Mortenson for $1B Wisconsin data center · Construction Dive · retrieved July 6, 2026
  3. 3.Meta $1B Beaver Dam announcement, Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation · WEDC · retrieved July 6, 2026
  4. 4.Wisconsin regulators approve rates for Meta's Beaver Dam data center, with sharp criticism · Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR) · retrieved July 17, 2026
  5. 5.Lawsuit seeks release of expected energy demand from Meta data center in Beaver Dam · Wisconsin Public Radio · retrieved September 10, 2026
  6. 6.WI judge rules on data center energy demand secrets · The Daily Reporter · retrieved September 10, 2026

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