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Melissa Hughes: “Data centers land here in Wisconsin, provide incredible…”

Featuring: Melissa Hughes, Secretary and CEO of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation

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Wisconsin governor candidates on data centers future

Published | Video Starts at 03:01

We are not becoming a data center economy in Wisconsin, and we have a long way to go before that happens. But to have the opportunity to have some of these Data centers land here in Wisconsin, provide incredible property tax and revenue for the communities. that are really determining how to pay their bills, how to build new schools, how to build new fire departments. It's an opportunity for those communities to access some of that investment and to benefit from it. (03:01–03:09)

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Asserts that data centers in Wisconsin generate significant property tax and revenue for local communities.

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