E&E News: No one wanted to redevelop this polluted property. Then came AI.

E&E News: No one wanted to redevelop this polluted property. Then came AI.

News ClipPOLITICO Pro·WI·3/30/2026

The article highlights the Trump administration's strategy to redevelop abandoned, polluted industrial sites for data center construction, driven by the increasing demand from artificial intelligence. An unnamed Wisconsin city is presented as a significant test case for this $8 billion redevelopment approach.

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The Trump administration sees abandoned industrial sites as ripe for building data centers. A Wisconsin city offers an $8 billion test case.