Wisconsin is in need of statewide legislation that ensures large-scale AI data centers in the state all have to follow the same rules and pay for their energy infrastructure, according to a new report.
“America will not outbuild China by copying its model,” the report from the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center for Research on the Wisconsin Economy concludes. “It can compete through private capital, abundant energy, enforceable contracts, and faster construction. Wisconsin has the manufacturers, workforce, land, and industrial experience to compete on those terms.”