Holding data centers accountable
Big tech should
pay its way
Data Center Accountability Framework
Data center development is reshaping Wisconsin's energy landscape. Without the right guardrails in place, families and small businesses could be left footing the bill for the massive energy needs of Big Tech.
CECW developed its Data Center Accountability Framework – a roadmap that helps elected policymakers manage the rapid expansion of large-scale data centers by outlining clear, actionable guidelines to ensure data center projects grow Wisconsin’s economy, without compromising public health, affordability, or environmental and clean energy goals.
resources from our coalition partners
Wisconsin's clean energy leaders are working together to make sure data center development works for Wisconsin.
Explore how our Coalition partners are advancing this fight:
Utility experts break down data centers and rising energy bills
Watch Wisconsin Conservation Voters’ video breaking down how growing energy demand – especially from data centers – is putting pressure on the grid, and what that could mean for everyday ratepayers.
AI Data Centers in Wisconsin Will Use More Energy Than All Homes In State Combined
New analysis from Clean Wisconsin reveals the scale of data center energy demand.
New Analyses Show Overwhelming Opposition to Data Center costs in wisconsin
Watch Sierra Club Wisconsin, Moms Clean Air Force, Healthy Climate Wisconsin and Wisconsin Eco-justice Base Builders’ press briefing discussing Wisconsinites’ worry about increasing electricity rates due to new data centers in the state.
powering accountability: Safeguarding wisconsin in the data center boom
See Wisconsin Conservation Voters’ deep dive on the costs of unchecked data center expansion and how larger facilities being proposed across our state could consume as much power as entire cities.
hyperscale data centers in wisconsin: big tech unchecked, a toolkit for community action
Sierra Club, Midwest Environmental Advocates, Healthy Climate Wisconsin, and Wisconsin’s Green Fire released a toolkit to help Wisconsinites understand what hyperscale data centers are, what impacts they have, and what local communities can do to mitigate the worst impact.