Involta
Calumet County, WI
Source: OpenStreetMap
Involta is a mapped data center in Calumet County, WI. DataCentersExposed has documented a 60,180 sq ft footprint at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 14, 2026
Overview
source: linkInvolta is a mapped data center in Calumet County, Wisconsin, identified in available records as an Involta site. Its reported footprint is 60,180 square feet. The facility draws power from Wisconsin Electric Power Co inside the MISO grid. No parent company is disclosed in available records.
The grid behind this site, right now
source: MISO · gridstatus- Natural Gas34.4%
- Coal32.8%
- Solar15.4%
- Nuclear10.2%
- Wind4.1%
- Other2.2%
- Imports0.9%
Real-time generation mix for the MISO grid this site draws from, as of Aug 17, 2026, 8:05 PM. ISO-wide, not this facility's own metering. Source: gridstatus.
Grid & water — why here
source: HIFLD · EPAThe closest existing grid infrastructure and the municipal water system this location sits in — the same constraints the buildout model screens on (it won't site a campus more than ~2 km from a substation or ~5 km from municipal water). Distances are straight-line to public HIFLD/EPA features, not a metered connection.
In the news
source: Google News- $4.5 million tax credit will help data center expand in AkronSignal Akron· Mar 5, 2026
- Former Involta CEO Jim Buie joins Tonaquint Data CentersData Center Dynamics· Oct 31, 2024
- The Competitive Edge of Enterprise EdgeData Center Frontier· Jun 21, 2024
- Ark Data Centers opens Wisconsin data centerData Center Dynamics· Jun 17, 2024
- Data Center Provider Involta Raises $50M in Private EquityData Center Knowledge· May 31, 2024
- Involta Rebrands as Ark Data CentersTelecomTalk· May 18, 2024
Tax breaks & subsidies
source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.
Wisconsin reported $40M in Qualified Data Centers sales/use tax exemption (Wis. Stat. § 77.54(70)) for FY2024 (Wisconsin Department of Revenue). Program-wide, not attributable to this site.
Water use
No public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.
EPA permits & violations
source: EPA ECHONo reported violations as of last sync.
Air quality near this site
source: AirNowAir Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (Green Bay and Fox Cities), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.
Who lives nearby
source: Census ACS 2023Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.
Nearest school
source: HIFLD / NCESThe nearest public school, Woodland Intermediate in Appleton, is 1.1 mi from this site (337 students).
Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).
Hearings timeline
No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.