Proposed Data Center Project 

Answers to your Questions

Since our discussion of a proposed data center project in a Common Council working session on Tuesday, Jan. 7, we have received questions from members of the community. We have grouped the questions we have received into general themes and are sharing our responses to the most frequently asked questions here. Other more specific questions are being answered on an individual basis. 

Read our FAQ document from January 21, 2025.
Read our FAQ document from January 29, 2025.
Read our FAQ document from February 7, 2025.
Read our FAQ document from February 27, 2025.
Read our FAQ document from April 15, 2025.
Read our FAQ document from April 23, 2025 (with attachments).
Read our FAQ document from June 4, 2025. 

Please send any questions you may have to our economic development team at economicdev@portwashingtonwi.gov. While we are still early in this process, we will do our best to answer you.

From The Mayor

• Why the NDA? - December 25, 2024
• Pros and Cons - February 18, 2025
• Data Center Update - June 12, 2025
• Data Center and Construction Site Visits Council Presentation - June 17, 2025
  • Recording 
  • Presentation Slides
• Letter to Port Washington Residents - June 20, 2025
• Letter From Mayor Neitzke: Diligence, Facts and Gratitude - August 28, 2025
•  Ozaukee News Graphic Mayor Neitzke Editorial - October 16, 2025
• Proclamation In Support of the Alternative Routing Plan For the Power Distribution to the Data Center Campus and Letter to Public Service Commission (Shared at October 21, 2025 Council Meeting)

Other

• Tax Incremental Financing and Tax Incremental Districts Presentation - Tuesday, June 10, 2025
• Draft Development Agreement - Vantage Data Centers Management Company, LLC - Friday, August 8, 2025
• Final Development Agreement - Vantage Data Centers Management Company, LLC - Tuesday, August 19, 2025
• Port Washington Common Council Approves Development Agreement for New Data Center Campus - Wednesday, August 20, 2025
• Subcontractor & Supplier Database

  • Vantage is committed to engaging local businesses in the upcoming Port Washington development. If you are interested in opportunities related to Vantage's new data center project in Wisconsin, please fill out the following form: https://form.jotform.com/252324204293045.

• Plan Commission Presentation - Thursday, August 28, 2025

• Port Washington Plan Commission Approves Vantage Data Center Design, With Focus on Environmental Responsibility and Community Benefits - August 29, 2025 Press Release

• Renderings - Northeast View, Southwest View

• Project Plan - Tax Incremental District No. 5

• Notice of Public Hearing and Joint Review Board Meeting to be held on October 16, 2025 at 3:30PM. Please see our Joint Review Board page for more information.

• Fact Sheet - Thursday, October 9, 2025

• Fact Sheet - Monday, October 20, 2025

• WE Energies Presentation - Tuesday, November 4, 2025 

• Fact Sheet - Tuesday, November 4, 2025

• Fact Vs. Fiction