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Lawsuit seeks release of Meta data center energy records
Midwest Environmental Advocates filed a lawsuit against state regulators after the agency denied an open records request seeking unredacted documents showing the expected energy demand from the Beaver Dam data center.
Google touts fossil fuel-powered data center with almost no emissions
Google entered into a unique corporate power purchase agreement to support the construction of a natural gas power plant in Illinois designed with carbon capture and storage features.
Grids change strategy as data center demands mount
As Big Tech’s data centers continue to grow threatening to overload U.S. electricity grids, policymakers are considering bumping the energy-hungry data centers off grids during power emergencies.
Data centers in Wisconsin are rising, and could affect utility rates
Data center construction is booming, and it could affect utility rates.
Data centers open door for growth and construction in Wisconsin
Data centers are the new buzz for construction and development in Wisconsin as tech companies look to the Great Lakes for abundant, undeveloped land and a steady supply of fresh […]
Construction comes out of 2024 stronger, but labor shortages persist
Infrastructure, housing and office projects led the way for U.S. construction growth at the tail end of 2024.
DeepSeek says it built its chatbot cheap. What does that mean for AI’s energy needs and the climate?
The onset of an artificial intelligence that claims to surpass ChatGPT brings up questions of energy, renewables and fossil fuels.
US producer prices rose 0.2% last month on higher energy costs
Compared to a year earlier, producer prices rose 3.3%, the biggest jump since February 2023.
Energy grid operator alerts about possible summer blackouts
An energy grid operator for the first time is warning power companies in Wisconsin of the possibility of rolling blackouts this summer.
Big US energy transmission projects inch closer to approval
The federal government has finished another environmental review of a proposed transmission line that will carry wind-generated electricity from rural New Mexico to big cities in the West and similar reviews are planned for two more projects that would span parts of Utah and Nevada, the U.S. Interior Department announced Thursday.
Drilling, mines, other projects hastened by Trump order
The Trump administration is seeking to hasten environmental reviews of dozens of energy and infrastructure projects during the COVID-19 pandemic, including oil and gas drilling, hazardous fuel pipelines, wind farms and highway projects in various states, according to documents provided to The Associated Press.
CUB sees consumer, environmental fights converge
As a wave of consumer activism swept the country in the 1970s, Wisconsinites formed the country's first statewide consumer advocacy group focused on utilities.
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- Kraus-Anderson will deliver first phase of $175M Big Bend sports complex
- Long-delayed Milwaukee boutique hotel plans show signs of life
- I-794 bridge improvements starting in Milwaukee
- Wisconsin Pre-Bid Meetings – Week of May 4, 2026
- Construction worker killed in lumber pile collapse in West Bend
- Milwaukee to Madison train line to cost $200M with state help
- I-794 removal could see $500M in development, but more crashes
- Cobalt Partners changes up its Third Ward moving plans
- State program releases $135M for local roads
- Eau Claire approves $270M biomanufacturing facility deal
- Manitowoc port development gets $20 million boost
- Mark Hammond, Wauwatosa development director, will leave for nonprofit job
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)