{"id":33331,"date":"2025-11-22T10:13:56","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T18:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/meta-taps-mortenson-for-1b-wisconsin-data-center\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T10:13:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T18:13:56","slug":"meta-taps-mortenson-for-1b-wisconsin-data-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/meta-taps-mortenson-for-1b-wisconsin-data-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta taps Mortenson for $1B Wisconsin data center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech\">\n    <button class=\"text-to-speech__button button\"><br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"text-to-speech__button__icon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/static\/img\/play.svg?500116090725\" alt=\"-\"><br \/>\n        Listen to the article<br \/>\n        <span class=\"text-to-speech__button__audio-length\">3 min<\/span><br \/>\n    <\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech__controls\">\n        <audio controls=\"\" class=\"js-text-to-speech\" preload=\"none\"><source src=\"https:\/\/text-to-speech.divecdn.com\/newspost\/806211\/2025-11-21_15.05.27\/meta-mortenson-beaver-dam-wisconsin-data-center.wav\" type=\"audio\/mp3\"><\/source><\/audio><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech__controls__text\">\n            This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\">feedback<\/a>.\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ed-secondary-content-box\" data-source=\"snorkel-form\">\n<p><strong>Award:\u00a0<\/strong><span><span><span><span><span><span>Data center<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><strong>Value:\u00a0<\/strong><span><span><span><span><span><span>$1 billion investment<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><strong>Location:\u00a0<\/strong><span><span><span><span><span><span>Beaver Dam, Wisconsin<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><strong>Client:\u00a0<\/strong><span><span><span><span><span><span>Meta<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Minneapolis-based Mortenson will soon develop a site in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, to house a 700,000-square-foot Meta data center.<\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Meta, parent company of Facebook, announced a <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/about.fb.com\/news\/2025\/11\/metas-30th-data-center-delivering-ai-supporting-wetlands-restoration\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>$1 billion investment into the construction<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> of the campus, which marks the company\u2019s 30th data center worldwide and 26th in the United States, according to a Nov. 12 news release. Mortenson will serve as the general contractor, Steve Knighton, vice president and general manager for Mortenson\u2019s data center operations, told Construction Dive.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Construction of the Beaver Dam campus will rely heavily on advanced construction technology, said Knighton. Mortenson plans to use BIM coordination tools, live digital underground utility mapping, drone data capture, robotic automated construction layout and Meta Quest for VR reviews of the project with stakeholders, he said.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>In its release, Meta highlighted the campus\u2019 dry-cooling systems, which will eliminate water demand for cooling once operation begins. The company also plans to restore 100% of the water consumed by the data center to local watersheds.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The emphasis comes as water use has <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/the-ai-infrastructure-race-hits-a-political-reality-check\/745182\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>increasingly drawn scrutiny nationwide<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>, with recent debates in Arizona and California centered on whether AI-heavy data center projects can align with environmental needs. Beaver Dam residents have raised concerns about the <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmj4.com\/news\/dodge-county\/its-really-scary-beaver-dam-residents-raise-water-concerns-about-metas-ai-data-center\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Meta facility\u2019s water use<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> to local media outlets.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>In addition to the data center, Meta will underwrite nearly $200 million in energy infrastructure investments to cover costs associated with building the campus, including network upgrades and utility substations, according to the release. Large contractors, including AECOM, have emphasized the ancillary demand data center builds are creating for <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/aecom-fourth-quarter-earnings-infrastructure-construction\/805928\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>energy and power station construction<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>. Meta said it will also restore 570 acres of wetlands and prairie surrounding the data center site.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The buildout arrives at a moment when <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/nonresidential-construction-spending-august-data-center-manufacturing\/805822\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>data center construction continues to outpace<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> most other nonresidential building sectors. Roughly one in seven contractors hold data center contracts, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors survey. Those firms also report <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/contractor-backlog-strength-data-center-manufacturing\/805489\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>significantly higher backlog<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> than builders without similar work, according to ABC.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The tech giant expects the facility to complete in 2027, a Meta spokesperson told Construction Dive.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/meta-mortenson-beaver-dam-wisconsin-data-center\/806211\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. 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