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Competition intensifies over who builds Wisconsin’s grid as data centers drive power demand
The Midwest’s data center boom requires a vast electrical transmission buildout to keep servers online, and transmission developers are clamoring for a share of the action.
Here’s what the data center boom means for Wisconsin’s workforce
Experts break down the types, numbers, and quality of jobs data centers bring to Wisconsin communities, from construction booms to long-term operations roles.
Evers sues Trump administration over EV charging funding cuts
The state will join a lawsuit against the Trump administration for retroactively blocking roughly $62.65 million in National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program funding.
Renewable energy jumps to new high, powered by China solar boom
Renewables world wide saw a banner year in 2024. China was a world leader in capacity growth, but the rest of the world still lagged behind climate goals.
3D printed and factory-built homes could help tackle housing crisis
As Americans struggle under backbreaking rental prices, builders are turning to innovative ways to churn out more housing, from 3D printing to assembling homes in an indoor factory to using hemp — yes, the marijuana cousin — to make building blocks for walls.
Remote vs. in office: Employers try to strike balance
Five years after the pandemic disrupted office life, American workplaces are settling into a new rhythm.
Construction firms optimistic despite labor, cost woes
Construction businesses in Minnesota are slightly more optimistic than they were at this time last year, despite ongoing concerns about workforce availability and rising costs
Wisconsin selected for $18M clean heavy-duty vehicle program
The city of Milwaukee and Milwaukee Public Schools will replace 58 vehicles with help of the funding.
October spotlights cybersecurity vulnerabilities
Wisconsin companies are on the list of targets for email phishing attacks, according to University of Wisconsin Madison Professor Patrick McDaniel.
Biden promotes administration’s rural electrification, 16,000 construction jobs
President Joe Biden is returning to southwest Wisconsin to make good on his promise to provide new investments in rural electrification and other infrastructure improvements.
AI may not steal many jobs after all. It may just make workers more efficient
Imagine a customer-service center that speaks your language, no matter what it is.
Groups come together to accelerate mass timber projects
Three recent mass timber accelerator programs in Boston, New York City, and Atlanta demonstrate the impact of a coordinated approach between cities, federal agencies, and lumber industry organizations.
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- Wisconsin announces $248M for essential projects statewide
- Inside the $255M Milwaukee Public Museum project
- Wangard Partners plans 200,000-square-foot food and beverage facility in Jefferson
- Wisconsin Pre-Bid Meetings – Week of May 18, 2026
- Milwaukee County, State of Wisconsin pays $219M for space in new forensic lab
- Wrightstown tensions high amid data center proposal
- Milwaukee’s King Park near Pabst site could get $20 million for housing
- David Kahler dies at 89
- Construction to begin this summer on two downtown Milwaukee hotels
- Citing economic uncertainty, Uline asks to pause warehouse development
- West Bend apartment complex sold for $26M
- Oshkosh approves Woodman’s shopping center redevelopment
Project Profiles
- First prefabricated bridge in US installed in Eau Claire County
- Illinois developer worked with Wisconsin contractor to build 258-unit Wauwatosa apartment complex
- VJS Construction raises the roof for Bruce Guadalupe Community School expansion project
- Microgrid pilot project will store energy for village affected by outages
- Dane County sees uptick in highway work zone crashes, on track to exceed last year
- The Hop streetcar will debut newest service route in fall with limited service
- FPC Live slims venue proposal to 1 downtown building
- Children’s Hospital urgent care center in Milwaukee gets first round of city approval
- With Sonag Construction shut down, feds move to block indicted owner from collecting leftover assets
- Four contractors selected to build border wall prototypes
- UW-Milwaukee’s Greenstreet shaping minds (and the city)
- Turning the Corner(s) (PHOTO SLIDESHOW)