Data centers
Data centers have emerged as one of the biggest hot-button issues of Wisconsin's 2026 election cycle. Major-party gubernatorial candidates David Crowley and Tom Tiffany found common ground on the topic during in-depth interviews covering affordability, taxes, education, and related economic development questions voters face.
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Sources
FOX 11 / Mark Leland — https://fox11online.com/news/beyond-the-podium/know-your-candidates/david-crowley-tom-tiffany-in-depth-interviews-wisconsin-governor-race-affordability-budget-surplus-school-education-funding-taxes-data-centers
Crowley and Tiffany did find common ground on data centers, one of the biggest hot-button issues of 2026.
FOX 11 — https://fox11online.com/news/political/david-crowley-tom-tiffany-in-depth-interviews-wisconsin-governor-race-affordability-budget-surplus-school-education-funding-taxes-data-centers
Crowley and Tiffany did find common ground on data centers, one of the biggest hot-button issues of 2026.
Positions on this issue · liberal → conservative
- Strictly limit data centers unless they meet high community-benefit, energy, and tax standards
- Allow data centers with strong requirements for local jobs, tax contributions, and resource use
- Case-by-case approval balancing economic development against local and environmental impacts
- Actively recruit data centers with tax incentives to grow jobs and the tax base
- Aggressively court data centers with minimal extra regulation or special conditions