No Data Center Gas Plants Community Education Open House Register

Date and Time:
Thu, Jul 9, 2026; 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM  (Central)
Time is tentative.

Organized By: Wisconsin Chapter

Location: Darien Senior Center (Library Basement), 47 Park St, Darien, WI 53114, USA

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Event Organizers:
Cassie Steiner
   cassandra.steiner@sierraclub.org
   2629303963

Please join us for an open house to learn about the Foundry Ridge and Red Oak Ridge gas plants that are proposed in Darien and Paris, WI to power data centers in Southeastern Wisconsin. This event is hosted by environmental, public health, and community groups to provide information about these gas plants prior to the Public Service Commission public hearings on these proposals. 

Stop by any time between 2:00 and 4:00 to talk with us about these proposed projects. This event will have various information tables and resources to help prepare you for the public hearings.



Other events in this series:
There are additional events planned for you to prepare for the public hearings. You can view the full list of events, the public hearing dates, and the written comment information here: https://www.sierraclub.org/wisconsin/energyaction 

Background information:

Power- and water-hungry data centers will use enormous and unprecedented amounts of energy. Instead of saying no to these proposed data centers, or fueling them with clean energy, our utilities are recruiting Big Tech to Wisconsin and asking permission to build new gas plants to make Wisconsinites to pay for them. 

Two new proposals include: 

• Foundry Ridge Gas Plant in Darien- this 300mw gas plant proposed in southeast Wisconsin, and the Red Oak Ridge gas plant (below), already faced a lot of scrutiny because of the big public health concerns. A report by the Climate Solutions for Health Lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison found that the plant would lead to higher particulate matter and premature deaths. 
• Red Oak Ridge Gas Plant in Kenosha- This massive 1,100mw (that’s a big plant!) proposed gas plant in Paris, Wisconsin, where there is already a lot of gas infrastructure being built. Despite concerns about the plant, the Trump Administration is fast-tracking the approval. We have filed a lawsuit to stop this fast-tracking. 

These proposals are in addition to the South Oak Creek and Paris Gas plants that are under construction in the southeastern part of the state, and another proposed 1,200 mw gas plant in Calumet. That’s almost 4GW--that’s enough electricity to power about 3 million average homes. To put that in context, Wisconsin only has 2.84 million homes. These gas plants are threatening our water, our health, and climate change in order to fuel data centers here in Wisconsin. 

73% of Wisconsin’s annual water usage already goes to fossil fuel and nuclear plants. Foundry Ridge will use up to 55,152 gallons per day, and the Red Oak Ridge will use up to 335,000 gallons/day. Fresh clean water should be reserved as drinking water for all Wisconsinites and shouldn’t be used to operate new fossil fuel plants that will already be detrimental to our health and climate. 

Additional Directions: This event is "open house" style - you can come and go as you please