Despite Big Tech pouring billions into AI infrastructure projects, not everyone wants a massive data center in their backyard.

Microsoft has ditched plans for a data center in Caledonia, Wisconsin, after facing pushback from the local community.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Wednesday that the tech giant canceled its application for the current site but is still seeking to develop a data center somewhere in Caledonia or the broader southeastern Wisconsin area.

Dubbed Project Nova, the complex was reportedly planned as a 244-acre facility containing three data center buildings and a 15-acre electrical substation near the We Energies Oak Creek Power Plant. It would have been Microsoft’s third planned data center in the state.

In a statement provided to Gizmodo, Microsoft sa

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