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Data center trade group tells Janesville council Wisconsin suppliers could win work, create thousands of jobs
Summary
Trisha Brown, executive director of the Wisconsin Data Center Coalition, told the Janesville City Council that data center development could support an estimated 30,000–50,000 jobs statewide and that each direct job may generate about 7.4 additional jobs through supplier and service roles. Council members asked about the multiplier's basis and Brown pointed to industry modeling and a pending Microsoft-commissioned study.
Trisha Brown, executive director of the Wisconsin Data Center Coalition, told the Janesville City Council on Wednesday that data center development presents a significant opportunity for Wisconsin manufacturers, logistics firms and specialty trades to win supplier work.
"I'm the executive director of the Wisconsin Data Center Coalition," Brown said in opening remarks, and described the Coalition as a recently formed, 501(c)(6) trade organization created to organize and promote Wisconsin companies for data center projects. She said the Coalition’s early members include transportation and logistics firms, equipment movers and manufacturers such as Evans Transportation, Trane Technologies, Global Power Systems and energy providers including Alliant Energy.
Brown framed data centers…
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