Overview
- Microsoft proposes two new campuses totaling 15 facilities, with nine planned on a 791-acre Durand Avenue parcel and six on roughly 530 acres along International Drive, adding nearly 9 million square feet of buildings.
- The plan commission passed the site reviews unanimously with little discussion, advancing projects on land the company purchased in 2024 near Interstate 94 and the former Foxconn site.
- Village documents require traffic impact studies, outdoor lighting and landscaping plans, and compliance with state and local rules governing water consumption and return to utility systems and watersheds.
- City of Racine data estimate the Mount Pleasant data centers would use up to 8.4 million gallons of water annually.
- Local officials project tens of millions of dollars in tax revenue and point to hundreds of jobs tied to earlier approved campuses, as the Mount Pleasant expansion follows Microsoft’s cancellation of a Caledonia site after resident opposition.