Big Tech Unchecked: A Toolkit for Community Action — Hyperscale Data Centers in Wisconsin

This comprehensive toolkit from Midwest Environmental Advocates, Sierra Club, Wisconsin's Green Fire, and Healthy Climate Wisconsin helps Wisconsin communities understand and respond to hyperscale data center proposals. It covers the full range of data center impacts — electricity demand, energy bills, public health risks from diesel generators, water consumption, farmland loss, noise, and light pollution — and walks readers through Wisconsin's permitting processes at the local and state level, including PSC proceedings, DNR permits, zoning ordinances, and environmental review. The guide also provides practical resources for community organizing, public testimony, media engagement, and spreading awareness to hold developers and utilities accountable.