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Gov. Evers Takes Action on Bipartisan Bill to Support Data Center Projects in Port Washington and Beaver Dam

Press Release: Gov. Evers Takes Action on Bipartisan Bill to Support Data Center Projects in Port Washington and Beaver Dam

State of Wisconsin sent this bulletin at 07/08/2025 02:45 PM CDT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 8, 2025
Contact: GovPress@wisconsin.gov
Gov. Evers Takes ActiononBipartisanBillto Support Data Center Projects in Port Washington and Beaver Dam
MADISON - Gov. Tony Evers today took actionon Assembly Bill 140, now 2025 Wisconsin Act 16, a bipartisan bill that creates exceptions for Tax Increment District (TID) Number 5 in the city of Port Washington and TID Number 10 in the city of Beaver Dam to support attracting new data centers to these communities and tocontinue growing this multi-billion-dollar industryin the state.

"With severalglobal companies expanding and growing their businesses here in Wisconsin and ourfederaldesignation as a U.S. Regional Tech Hub, Wisconsin's tech industry is growing and bringing with it countless family-supporting jobs, economic developmentopportunities,and substantial capital investments in our local communities," said Gov. Evers. "This bill will help these two communities compete for new data centers, bolster our local communities, and build upon our work to build a 21st-century workforce and economy. I look forward to seeing how thesedevelopments will continue to take shape in the monthsand yearsahead."

AssemblyBill 140, now 2025 Wisconsin Act 16:

  • Provides the cities of Port Washington and Beaver Dam additional resources to support large-scale data center projects, while preserving flexibility for future growth and development in other parts of the city;
  • Specifiesthat, for TID Number 5 in Port Washington and TID Number 10 in Beaver Dam,the 12 percent equalized value limit does not apply if all project costs are related to a certified data center within the district; and
  • RequiresTID Number 5 in Port Washington and TID Number 10 in Beaver Damincludeonlyproject costs directly relatedto the data center and prohibitsthem from being amended in the future to include unrelated costs within the district or from allocatingpositive tax increments to other districts.
An online version of this release is available here.
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