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QTS DeForest Data Center Campus

DeForest, Dane County, WI[1]Developer: QTS Data Centers[1][2]

Cancelled[5]DeForest Village Board voted 7-0 on Feb. 3, 2026 to reject the annexation; QTS withdrew its applications
  1. Rumored
  2. Proposed
  3. Approved
  4. Under construction
  5. Operating

QTS Data Centers proposed a $12 billion, 1,600-acre data center campus just outside DeForest, Wisconsin, on land in the Town of Vienna it sought to annex into the village. After resident opposition and a state Department of Administration report, village staff found the project not feasible, QTS withdrew its applications, and the Village Board voted 7-0 on Feb. 3, 2026 to reject the annexation.

Stated investment
$12 billion[2]
Site size
1,600 acres[2]

Key facts

Size & schedule

Site size1,600 acres [3]
Source excerpt
“A proposed $12 billion, 1,600-acre data center campus just outside of DeForest”
Site size1,572.5 acres [5]
land proposed for annexation from the Town of Vienna
Source excerpt
“The 7–0 vote stops the direct annexation of 1,572.5 acres of land from the Town of Vienna, a key step required for the large-scale data center proposal.”
Stated investment$12 billion [3]
Source excerpt
“A proposed $12 billion, 1,600-acre data center campus just outside of DeForest that received mounting pushback from residents has hit a dead end after village staff members determined the project is not feasible.”

How big is that? Data center sizes compared with football fields and Central Park.

Power

Power supplyDraft agreement committed to drawing 45% of energy from renewable resources [2]
Source excerpt
“The agreement included a commitment that the data center would draw 45% of its energy from solar, wind or other renewable resources”

Money & incentives

Payments / community benefits$50 million community commitment within Dane County, with direct investments to DeForest and Vienna [1]
Source excerpt
“QTS said it would make 'an initial $50 million community commitment' within the county, with direct investments going to DeForest and Vienna.”
Payments / community benefitsDraft deal included a $1.2 billion guaranteed taxable property value [2]
Source excerpt
“A guaranteed amount of taxable property value for the data center of $1.2 billion, which would be worth an estimated $12 million annually”

Local decisions & site

Deciding voteDeForest Village Board voted 7-0 on Feb. 3, 2026 to reject the annexation [5]
Source excerpt
“The DeForest Village Board voted unanimously Tuesday, February 3 to reject a proposed annexation tied to the QTS data center development, ending the project's path forward in the village.”

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Water and power

Water

Not disclosed. No source reviewed gives a water figure for this site. The Census does not estimate one.

Power

Power supplyDraft agreement committed to drawing 45% of energy from renewable resources [2]

Disclosed figures only, each as the cited source states it. Many are projections or permit limits, not metered use. How data center water and power use is measured, and every disclosed figure →

Timeline

  1. QTS announces plans for a data center campus in Dane County and a $50 million community commitment [1]

  2. Wisconsin Department of Administration report finds the annexation not in the public interest [3]

  3. Village staff determine the proposal is not feasible and recommend rejecting the annexation petition [4]

  4. DeForest Village Board votes 7-0 to reject the annexation; QTS had withdrawn its plan amendment and rezoning applications [5]

Issues raised

  • Residents opposed the project over concerns about the environment, utility bills, property values and the character of the town [3]
  • The state report raised concerns about whether the village could provide water and sewer service to the area [3]

Issues are concerns and claims raised by the parties, officials or residents named in the cited sources. They are reported as attributed, not as findings by the Census.

Sources

  1. QTS plans to propose multibillion-dollar data center campus in Dane County
    Spectrum News 1 · Oct 30, 2025 · news
  2. Rejected Wisconsin data center proposal had guaranteed tax revenue, housing
    Wisconsin Watch · Aug 3, 2026 · news
  3. 'Finally able to breathe': DeForest data center critics get their wish
    The Cap Times · news
  4. Village of DeForest Statement
    Village of DeForest · Jan 27, 2026 · government
  5. Village of DeForest board unanimously rejects annexation tied to QTS data center
    WKOW · Feb 3, 2026 · news

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Last updated Nov 7, 2026. Figures may change as records are updated — include the date you retrieved them.

APAData Center Census. (2026). QTS DeForest Data Center Campus. Retrieved from https://datacentercensus.com/dc/qts-deforest-dane-county-wi
MLA“QTS DeForest Data Center Campus.” Data Center Census, Nov 7, 2026, https://datacentercensus.com/dc/qts-deforest-dane-county-wi.
Linkhttps://datacentercensus.com/dc/qts-deforest-dane-county-wi

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