Pass strong statewide guardrails, like those outlined in SB 729, that prohibit any data center development from moving forward unless it meets our standards for environmental and water protection, workers’ rights and prevailing wage, local control and transparency, and protections against increased utility costs for ratepayers and taxpayers. 

Issue an executive order on day one to direct state agencies, including the PSC and the DNR, to use their lawful authority to stop unregulated data center development and to enforce proper environmental and water use protections, protect ratepayers from increased energy costs, and properly vet all proposals for new energy or transmission required by data centers. 

Establish a Wisconsin public negotiation team that can assist local communities being targeted by data center developers, so that volunteer local elected officials and municipal staff don’t have to go up against powerful, sophisticated attorneys from Meta, Google, and other Big Tech giants without support or expertise. 

Immediately pass legislation to protect Wisconsinites from potential AI harms and to establish statewide safeguards for workers, ratepayers, local residents, and our environment from data center development

Require upfront payments from large data center projects to fund a revolving loan program financing clean energy upgrades to public buildings