A $10 billion data center proposal vanished after a local official told the developer the process would have to unfold in public

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A $10 billion data center proposal vanished after a local official told the developer the process would have to unfold in public

https://wisconsinwatch.org/2026/08/wisconsin-10-billion-data-center-proposal-columbia-county-town-pacific-developer/Open link View original on leminal.space

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Winter_Oven

piefed.social

unrelated, but I just want to mention that '$10 billion' got my brain fuzzing for half a min until I just moved on.

"ten billion dollars...no, no, there's no 'dollars', dollars ten billion. Wait, that's wrong, ten dollars billion. Alright...wait that doesn't sound right either, it is ten billion dollars! Wait, but there's no 'dollars' after 'billion', so that can't be it, so it must be..."