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Vantage Port Washington (Lighthouse)

Vantage Data Centers · Port Washington. Every figure below is individually sourced and dated.

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Part of the tracked campus Vantage Port Washington (Lighthouse) Campus.

The story of Vantage Port Washington (Lighthouse)inherited from campus Vantage Port Washington (Lighthouse) Campus
Announced capex
$15B
Jobs
1,000 permanent reported
Grid
MISO · Grid connected, in progress: Vantage is seeking a 1.3 GW connection from We Energies, with full build-out potentially requiring 3.5 GW. MISO moved the in-service date to 1 December 2027, and ATC was awarded the substations that serve the site.
Derived
Cost per MW
$17M/MW
Cost per job
$15M per permanent job

Every figure is one row in the ledger below with its source. Derived rows are pure arithmetic on the rows above (not new claims). Absent lines mean the fact isn't on record yet.

In clusterWisconsin(43)

The deal

Inherited from campus Vantage Port Washington (Lighthouse) Campus.

offtaker
OpenAI · Stargate program
utility
We Energies (WEC Energy Group) · Dedicated large-customer electricity rate
financier
Cloverleaf Infrastructure · Co-party on PSC collateral tariff filing
developer
Vantage Data Centers · Underwriting 100% of power infrastructure
operator
Vantage Data Centers
offtaker
Oracle · Stargate program

Financial structure

Inherited from campus Vantage Port Washington (Lighthouse) Campus.

Campus investment ($15B+)
$15B press release
Regional water/power infrastructure upgrades
$175M. Minimum commitment for water/wastewater treatment expansion, upgraded mains/sewer, new water tower and power infrastructure. press release

Investment, workforce and specs

Inherited from campus Vantage Port Washington (Lighthouse) Campus.

Construction jobs
more than 4,000 skilled construction jobs, most union source
Permanent jobs
more than 1,000 long-term jobs (Vantage + Oracle) source

Power

Inherited from campus Vantage Port Washington (Lighthouse) Campus. Live grid demand and drought overlay only render on the campus page.

Power source
grid
Grid operator
MISO
Interconnection
Grid connected, in progress: Vantage is seeking a 1.3 GW connection from We Energies, with full build-out potentially requiring 3.5 GW. MISO moved the in-service date to 1 December 2027, and ATC was awarded the substations that serve the site.
Water
Closed-loop liquid cooling system that uses minimal water; Vantage committing a minimum of $175M to regional water/wastewater upgrades (new water tower, upgraded mains, sewer). Stated goal water-positive via restoration projects.

45 diesel emergency generators (Wisconsin DNR permit 25-MIN-094), grid interconnect, Permitted. Backup generation air permit issued 2026-06-12

New generation for Lighthouse campus, 2 GW other, Announced. Partners cite 'nearly two gigawatts of new energy to the grid,' allocated ~70% to campus / ~30% to Wisconsin consumers; described as zero-emission energy capacity. No generation technology confirmed.

Facility record

under construction

Status

hyperscale

Type

Vantage Data Centers

Operator

Port Washington

Location

902 MW

Critical IT

2,500,000 sqft

Building

2028

Operational

We Energies

Serving utility

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Evidence

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  • building sqft: 2500000 (claimed) · source
  • critical it mw: 902 (claimed) · source
  • record: Vantage Port Washington (Lighthouse) (reported) · source
  • servingUtility: We Energies (reported) · source
  • status: under_construction (reported) · source

Timeline

  1. Aug 2026
    First recorded
    Added to the DEPLOY registry as a sourced facility record
  2. Sep 2026
    Current: under construction

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Common questions

What is Vantage Port Washington (Lighthouse)?
Vantage Port Washington (Lighthouse) is a data center facility record on the DEPLOY registry, in Port Washington. Every fact on the record is individually sourced and dated.
Who operates Vantage Port Washington (Lighthouse)?
Vantage Data Centers operates Vantage Port Washington (Lighthouse), per the sourced record on the DEPLOY registry.
Is Vantage Port Washington (Lighthouse) operating?
Vantage Port Washington (Lighthouse) is recorded as under construction on the DEPLOY registry, with 902 MW of critical IT capacity. Each figure traces to a source.
How verified is the data on Vantage Port Washington (Lighthouse)?
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DEPLOY. (2026). Vantage Port Washington (Lighthouse): data center facility record. Retrieved September 27, 2026, from https://registry.deploy.report/datacenters/facilities/vantage-port-washington-port-washington-wisconsin

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