Public Service Commission criticizes Meta lack of transparency, approves data center contract

By: Henry Redman

Outlets: Wisconsin Examiner

Published: May 7, 2026

Words: 792

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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All three members of the Public Service Commission criticized the lack of transparency from Meta and Alliant Energy during a meeting Thursday in which the body approved a contract for the social media giant to obtain power for its planned data center in Beaver Dam.

Meta is in the process of spending more than $1 billion to construct a hyperscale data center campus that, when completed, would use six to eight times more …

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