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Wisconsin DOR describes a sales-and-use-tax exemption for eligible purchases at data centers certified by WEDC under investment-based requirements. Purchasers must provide exemption documentation. The agency's certificate list has its own historical cutoff and cannot be used as a current operating-facility inventory.
Microsoft said soil hauling would continue through year-end with less material moved each day to reduce construction impacts.
The rolling update supplies a month only. Earthworks for later development do not change the reported operational status of the first facility.
Microsoft announced completion of its first Mount Pleasant facility after equipment startup began in April. The adjacent second facility remained under construction.
June 23 is the public confirmation date; startup occurred in April. No IT megawatts are disclosed. This does not mean the entire multi-phase campus is complete.
DNR records construction permit 25-MIN-094 and initial operation permit 24618528A-F01 for 45 diesel emergency generators at Vantage's Port Washington campus.
These approvals do not establish data-center opening, utility completion or all-site permit clearance.
Microsoft said the first phase was nearing completion while later phases remained under construction or in earthworks.