en.Wedoany.com Reported - Real estate developer Panattoni is seeking a "cost compensation agreement" with the Town of Turtle, Wisconsin, for a potential 430-acre data center project. The project, named "Project Cornmaze," is located between the towns of Beloit and Turtle and was previously developed by Cambrin LLC, whose listed name and email address in documents match those found in Meta's confirmed Wisconsin Beaver Dam data center documents. Panattoni has indicated it will take over the project and has established two websites for the data center. The matter will be discussed and potentially voted on at the Town of Turtle Town Board meeting on June 9.

A cost compensation agreement is one in which the local government reimburses a contractor for certain expenses incurred during project work. The government revealed in early May that Panattoni had contacted them and indicated it would take over the project. Project Cornmaze has generated significant opposition among residents of Beloit and Turtle, with a public Facebook group called "No Beloit Data Center" gathering approximately 3,000 members. A widely circulated flyer suggests residents call on the governor to pause data center construction and request that county and local authorities prohibit confidentiality agreements between developers and the government. The property is currently owned by Rock Road Companies Inc., based in Janesville, Wisconsin, with a pre-development agreement under negotiation since June 2025. Beloit and Turtle are located in Rock County on the Wisconsin-Illinois border. Panattoni Development was founded in 1986 as an industrial real estate company and has developed approximately 625 million square feet of office, logistics, and industrial space in the United States alone. In August 2024, the company announced it would begin developing data centers, setting a target of developing 1 GW of data center capacity by 2030. According to the company's website, it has 21 "active" data center projects. The company also has a European division, which established its own data center team in July 2025 after poaching several former employees from Colt Data Centre Services.

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