WE Energies Pewaukee Data Center

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
Coordinates
43.0514, -88.2167

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 market remains nascent and fundamentally underdeveloped, with 25 tracked facilities totaling zero operational megawatts and no identifiable dominant operator presence. The market is fragmented across five small operators—three unknown entities, plus Cogent Communications Milwaukee, Cyberlynk Network, Dedicated Computing Enterprise Solutions Milwaukee, and 1547 Critical Systems Realty at 324 E Wisconsin Ave—none of which have disclosed MW capacity in current tracking. This extreme fragmentation, combined with zero reported capacity, indicates a market composed entirely of small-scale, legacy, or non-hyperscale infrastructure. The DCPI verdict of excess-power 48/100 and constraint 35/100 unambiguously signals avoidance for acquisition and expansion strategies. The excess-power score of 48—below the neutral midpoint—reveals insufficient available capacity to absorb…

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Market & grid context

Published DC Hub data for this location.

MarketMilwaukee
Grid operatorMISO
DC Hub 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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