Microsoft said Wisconsin data-center service agreements fail to protect electricity ratepayers.

Microsoft said proposed or existing data-center service agreements in Wisconsin fail to provide adequate protection for electricity ratepayers. The issue concerns the allocation of utility-system costs associated with serving data-center electricity demand.

The supplied Utility Dive summary reports Microsoft’s position but does not provide the agreements’ pricing, demand commitments, contract duration, power capacity, or cost-allocation formulas. It also does not identify a final regulatory ruling.

Microsoft’s statement is separate from the Illinois dispute involving PowerHouse Hillwood and Commonwealth Edison, although both were covered in the same article. The source does not say that the Wisconsin agreements had been invalidated or revised.