OpenAI, Oracle and Vantage’s Port Washington Stargate plan puts Wisconsin’s grid, water and transmission constraints under the microscope, alongside FERC’s large-load interconnection fight and PJM’s urgent speed-to-power problem.

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Data Center Cooling Water Discharge: Assessing Environmental Transparency and Information Gaps — UC Law Environmental Journal
UC Law Environmental Journal UC Law Environmental Journal Volume 32 Number 2 Article 4 5-13-2026 # Data Center Cooling Water Discharge: Assessing Environmental Data Center Cooling Water Discharge: Assessing Environmental # Transparency and Information Gaps Transparency and Information Gaps Katherine Kim Follow this and additional works at: …
OpenAI, Oracle and Vantage Data Centers Announce Stargate Data Center Site in Wisconsin - Vantage Data Centers — Vantage Data Centers
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FERC Large-Load Interconnection Preliminary Rulemaking: Key Takeaways for Data Center Developers, Other Large Load Projects, and Investors | Insights | Mayer Brown — Mayer Brown
![](/cdn-cgi/image/width=3840,quality=90,format=auto//-/jssmedia/images/test-images/logo2.svg?iar=0&rev=7fff08e4fca34457a7b0a7f6f5165b54&hash=1E923A91F38EA9B3DA462438765A8A27) # FERC Large-Load Interconnection Preliminary Rulemaking: Key Takeaways for Data Center Developers, Other Large Load Projects, and Investors In late October 2025, at the direction of the Secretary of the US Department of…
PJM’s Speed to Power Problem and How to Fix It - RMI — RMI
![](https://rmi.org/app/themes/duo/public/build/assets/rmi-logo-white-BVX2NWgd.svg) ![](https://rmi.org/app/themes/duo/public/build/assets/rmi-logo-mMY7T1IW.svg) Learn how we are working to transform how we use and produce energy. # PJM’s Speed to Power Problem and How to Fix It Overlooked interconnection improvements are key to alleviating PJM’s cost and capacity crises. ### ### Why we…
Step Back — With OpenAI, Oracle and Vantage now pointing Stargate at Wisconsin, what are the under-the-hood site-selection advantages there — ATC/MISO deliverability, generation mix, tax and permitting posture, water, fiber — and which of those are genuinely scarce versus just press-release gloss?
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- OpenAI, Oracle and Vantage Data Centers Announce Stargate Data Center Site in Wisconsin - Vantage Data Centers — Vantage Dc
- OpenAI, Oracle and Vantage Data Centers Announce Stargate Data Center Site in Wisconsin — Digitalbridge
- Data center ‘extension cord’ draws landowners’ ire - E&E News by POLITICO — Jeffrey Tomich
- OpenAI, Oracle, and Vantage plan Stargate Wisconsin data center, expected to be 'close to a gigawatt' - DCD — Datacenterdynamics
- OpenAI Stargate: where the US sites stand — Elliot Stewart
- OpenAI, Oracle and Vantage Data Centers Announce Stargate Data Center Site in Wisconsin | Financial Post — Financial Post

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