🌱 Patch AM: How green is Microsoft’s huge Mount Pleasant AI data center really?

What's up Mount Pleasant! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How green is Microsoft's huge Mount Pleasant AI data center really?

Also on today's calendar: BOO's & Brews at Petrifying Springs Biergarten FREE TO ATTEND! and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: Why do Norway's navy ships all have barcodes? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Breezy in the a.m.; sunshine, with a high of 70 and low of 54 degrees.
• Wednesday: High clouds and warm, temps: high: 74, low: 51.
• Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high of 65 and low of 45 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Microsoft Is Camouflaging 20+ Data Centers As Nature, While Signing a 20-Year Gas Deal (gadgetreview.com) — Microsoft's massive Fairwater data center campus in Mount Pleasant is being wrapped in restored wetlands, prairie, and new forest along Lamparek Creek, even as critics question the company's rising emissions and long-term gas power deal. Local readers should know this project brings significant ecological restoration nearby, while fueling a broader debate over how sustainable large AI data centers really are.
   

📸 Around Mount Pleasant

Subscribe

Show off your photography skills and the sights around town! Click here to submit your Photo of the Day to Patch AM!

🗓 Upcoming Events in Mount Pleasant

Add your event to our calendar and newsletter!

★ Featured events ★

Saturday October 10
• BOO's & Brews at Petrifying Springs Biergarten FREE TO ATTEND! →
  Petrifying Springs Biergarten, 964 Petrifying Springs Rd, Kenosha
  12:00 pm

Want to see your event featured? Click here!

Other local events

Thursday October 8
• Forklift Training
  Elite Equipment Sturtevant
  8:30 am
• Public Works Committee →
  Village Hall > Room B109 (Community Room 1), 8811 Campus Drive, Mount Pleasant
  8:30 am
• Powder Puff @ REAL
  Walden III Hi Racine, WI 53405
  5:00 pm
• #4 Cross Country Meet @Johnson's Park
  Johnson Park Golf Course, 6200 Northwestern Ave, Racine
  5:15 pm
• Girls Basketball Game vs.Walden (AWAY)B team ONLY A Team has a BYE
  Walden III Middle and High School, 2340 Mohr Ave, Racine
  5:15 pm
Saturday October 10
• MEMBER EVENT: Racine Farmers Market on the Lake
  Festival Park, 5 Fifth St., Racine
  9:00 am
• Community Lumber Drive for Artist Thomas Dambo's Troll Sculpture →
  Mount Pleasant, WI Calendar, 12800 Louis Sorenson Road, Mount Pleasant
  10:00 am
Monday October 12
• Tourism Commission →
  Mount Pleasant, WI Calendar, 8811 Campus Drive, Mount Pleasant
  4:00 pm
• Committee of the Whole →
  Village Hall > Room B109 (Community Room 1), 8811 Campus Drive, Mount Pleasant
  5:00 pm
• Village Board →
  Village Hall > Room B114 (Ebe Auditorium), 8811 Campus Drive, Mount Pleasant
  6:00 pm

📣 Mount Pleasant Shout Outs!

Want to say something great about someone in town? Click here to submit your Shout Out to Patch AM! It's free!

🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday October 6
• Chamber Check-in
  RAMAC, 300 5th Street, Racine
  7:45 am
Wednesday October 7
• Chosen Family Circle →
  Racine Public Library, 75 7th St, Racine
  5:00 pm

Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.

Want to see your business here? Click here to connect with local customers.

🗞 Nearby News

Racine

• Racine 2027 Budget: Mason Address Oct. 5, Council Oct. 6 (milwaukeecourier.com)
• Game Night Culture Is Changing, and Racine County Isn't Immune (racinecountyeye.com)
• 17-year-old killed, 16-year-old shot and arrested after Racine park shooting (tmj4.com)

Ok Mount Pleasant! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why do Norway's navy ships all have barcodes?" — So when they come back to port they can just scan-da-navi-an! (Thank you Jessica C. for sending it in!)
Got a good riddle for PatchAM? Submit it here!

👉 Help make Patch AM better

• Help us grow by suggesting local news sources.
• Shape this newsletter with your feedback.
• List items for sale or services offered

We use a combination of real people and machines to tell you what's happening around town. Learn more about Patch AM.

Share to NextDoor     Share to Facebook