WE Energies Pewaukee Data Center

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Pewaukee Data Center is a data center operated by WE Energies in Waukesha, WI, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Milwaukee data-center market on the MISO grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 16.6-month time-to-power. Operators should weigh interconnection risk here — the market screens constrained on grid headroom and time-to-power.

Status
Operational
Market
Waukesha
State
WI
Country
US

What changed

Changes DC Hub has recorded to this facility’s record, newest first.

Market intelligence

AVOID

Data Center Power Index verdict for Milwaukee — the market this facility sits in.

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Market context

DC Hub analyst read on Milwaukee — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).

Milwaukee's data center footprint remains negligible, with 25 tracked facilities representing 0 MW of operational capacity and an operator base fragmented across five entities, none commanding meaningful scale. The market's DCPI score—excess power at 47/100 paired with constraint at 36/100—reflects a structurally weak position: available power supply is moderate but constrained infrastructure limits deployment velocity. No recent M&A activity has been recorded, indicating investor disinterest or absence of compelling acquisition targets in the region. The AVOID verdict from DCPI scoring is unambiguous for acquisition-stage investors. With constraint scoring at 36/100, Milwaukee presents interconnection and buildout friction that elevates time-to-revenue and capital deployment risk. The excess-power score of 47/100—below the 50-point midline—suggests neither abundant nor critically…

Location

Street Busse Road
Area Waukesha, WI, US

Approximate area (about 1 km)

Market & grid context

Published DC Hub data for this location.

MarketMilwaukee
Grid operatorMISO
Data Center Power IndexAVOID
Est. time to power16.6 months
LocationWaukesha, US
Nearest substationwithin 5 km

Power generation nearby

DC Hub tracks 45 operating generating units totalling 5,556 MW within about 50 km of Waukesha, US. Generation mix shapes both carbon profile and interconnection options for a site at this location.

Oil/Gas2,881 MW · 18 units · 52%
Coal2,044 MW · 4 units · 37%
Utility-Scale Solar573 MW · 20 units · 10%
Wind57 MW · 3 units · 1%

Source: Global Energy Monitor unit inventory, operating units only. Counts are units, not plants.

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