Once, thousands of workers built tractors and trucks on the General Motors site in Janesville. Now, saplings grow among its concrete rubble. In the future, at least part of the site could host a very different user — a data center.

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Construction is underway in the village of Blanchardville to build a new swim pond. A group of seven local women formed a local nonprofit to ensure families have a central social and recreational hub.

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The multibillion-dollar software company now owns over 600 acres in West Des Moines. What can Wisconsin communities learn from how data centers affected an Iowa city?

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State and local officials see data centers as an opportunity to increase their tax base through billions of dollars in private investment. Critics argue the big tech companies behind those projects are set to receive millions in handouts from taxpayers.

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