{"id":33684,"date":"2025-12-20T11:09:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T19:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/15b-stargate-data-center-breaks-ground-in-wisconsin\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T11:09:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T19:09:29","slug":"15b-stargate-data-center-breaks-ground-in-wisconsin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/15b-stargate-data-center-breaks-ground-in-wisconsin\/","title":{"rendered":"$15B Stargate data center breaks ground in Wisconsin"},"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\">2 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\/808437\/2025-12-19_16.29.42\/stargate-openai-oracle-vantage-data-center-wisconsin.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<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>A massive data center development in the Midwest has officially broken ground just before the end of the year, according to multiple sources.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Construction crews officially broke ground on a <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/openai-oracle-stargate-data-center-site-wisconsin\/804031\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>$15 billion data center campus<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> in Port Washington, Wisconsin, according to a Vantage Data Centers <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VantageDC\/status\/2001677084695937306\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>post on X<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>. The project, dubbed Lighthouse, forms part of the broader <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/tech-giants-500-billion-for-data-centers\/737952\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>$500 billion Stargate initiative<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>, a partnership with OpenAI, Oracle and Vantage Data Centers.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>This week we hosted a groundbreaking ceremony in Port Washington, Wisconsin, for our future Lighthouse campus.<\/p>\n<p>Fueled by a $15B investment, Lighthouse is part of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Oracle?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">@Oracle<\/a>&#8216;s and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OpenAI?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">@OpenAI<\/a>&#8216;s Stargate expansion and marks a major step forward for digital infrastructure and economic\u2026 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rrqgQnG6zp\">pic.twitter.com\/rrqgQnG6zp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2014 Vantage Data Centers (@VantageDC) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VantageDC\/status\/2001677084695937306?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">December 18, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Contractors on the <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/infraus.org\/vantage-selects-build-team-for-15-billion-port-washington-data-center-campus\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>$8 billion first phase<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> include Baltimore-based Whiting-Turner Contracting , Des Moines, Iowa-based Weitz Construction, a joint venture of New York City-based Turner Construction and St. Louis-based McCarthy Building Cos. and Brownsville, Wisconsin-based Michels, reports InfraUS.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The campus, spread across 672 acres, will feature four state-of-the-art data centers with computing capacity of nearly 1 gigawatt, according to a <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.weitz.com\/groundbreaking-marks-new-era-for-data-center-infrastructure-in-wisconsin\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Weitz blog post<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> on the groundbreaking. Work on the overall project also features several infrastructure upgrades to the region. Those additions include about <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vantage-dc.com\/news\/openai-oracle-and-vantage-data-centers-announce-stargate-data-center-site-in-wisconsin\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>$175 million in local water and power facilities<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>, as well as improvements to wastewater capacity and sewer lines.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The construction firms expect to deliver the project in 2028.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/stargate-openai-oracle-vantage-data-center-wisconsin\/808437\/\" 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 2 min This audio is auto-generated. 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