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Explore learning and careersSelected regional programs. Training is not a job guarantee.
Start with a short practice, explore a course, or consider a credential. Returning to work after time away? Ask about flexible schedules, advising and credit for skills you already have. These are selected verified opportunities, not a complete seven-county college directory.
FEATURED COLLEGE · WAUKESHA COUNTY
WCTC · AI Data Specialist
Waukesha County Technical College identifies itself as the first college in Wisconsin to offer an associate degree in artificial intelligence.
Its AI Data Specialist program is a 63-credit Associate of Applied Science degree, typically two years. The college lists hybrid learning with daytime and evening options, and August, January and June starts.
Explore data preparation, programming, machine learning and AI ethics. Ask an enrollment counselor about entry requirements, current schedules, computer requirements, tuition and financial aid. A credential does not guarantee a job.
WCTC also lists a Foundations of AI certificate, AI Technician options and community workshops through its Applied AI Lab. Compare the content and prerequisites with your interests; an introductory certificate can still involve technical coursework.
Ask about one-course entry, upcoming workshops, evening options and support for adults returning to education. These are college offerings, not a verified benefit funded by a particular data-center project.
Compare total cost, prerequisites, schedule, format, accessibility, equipment needs, completion time and advising support. AI software work and data-center facilities work are different paths: electrical, HVAC, networking and construction training can also be relevant. Ask for actual placement evidence rather than relying on salary or employment promises.
Provider pages checked October 3, 2026. WCTC’s “first” claim is attributed to the college. Confirm current admission dates and availability directly.
Understand local projects
Bills, jobs, and possible benefitsPossible benefits are not verified household outcomes. Explore the evidence needed.
Data center investment can open paths to construction and technical work, new skills, public revenue, and infrastructure improvements. Who benefits depends on access, agreements, and delivery. These are possibilities—not verified outcomes for Greendale or Milwaukee County.
PROVIDER-CONFIRMED PROGRAM
Microsoft Datacenter Academy at Gateway.
Gateway Technical College’s academy offers the IT–Microsoft Data Center Certificate: 12 credits, four courses, two semesters, with online and lab learning. The certificate began in fall 2025. Check current entry requirements and costs; the provider reports that scholarship capacity has been reached.
The certificate is running; a new standalone training building is not verified. Student data center infrastructure was still in planning in April 2026. Confirm lab location and travel from Greendale with Gateway. No job guarantee.
Community Upskill offers Wisconsin residents online learning in English and Spanish, including AI and digital skills. United Way of Wisconsin reported that courses continue beyond its 2026 learning challenge.
This is a statewide learning opportunity, not a data center job placement program. Past contest prizes are not a current offer.
The Microsoft AI Co-Innovation Lab at UW–Milwaukee opened in June 2025 at 2311 E. Hartford Avenue, Milwaukee County. It offers selected businesses free AI prototyping support, with a focus on manufacturing innovation.
A business innovation resource—not a general resident training center or guaranteed access. Ask about eligibility and project selection.
Launched in June 2026 by Gina Raimondo and Eric Holcomb, RAISE US focuses on worker transitions, retraining, paid learning, and career support as AI changes work. Microsoft is an anchor partner.
Its listed state work includes Arkansas, Connecticut, Maryland, and Utah. We have not verified a Wisconsin program or Greendale eligibility. This national initiative is not evidence of benefits delivered by a southeastern Wisconsin data center. Sol has no partnership or endorsement.
Opportunity sources checked October 3, 2026. These real programs are separate from the fictional commitment dashboard; availability and eligibility can change.
Who pays—and what if the project changes?
Utilities may build equipment expecting a data center to use a lot of power. If it opens late, uses less power or closes, that equipment may still need to be paid for. The approved rules help determine who is responsible. This does not mean your bill will necessarily rise.
Who pays for the extra equipment?
Ask which costs the developer pays directly and which are shared through utility rates. “The developer pays” may apply only to specified equipment.
What if it uses less power?
Ask whether there are minimum payments, financial guarantees or an early-exit payment. These are terms to look for—not protections we have verified for your community.
Could residents pay anything?
Ask which costs could reach other customers, over what period, and under which approved rule. A nearby project and a predicted bill increase are not the same thing.
What documents answer these questions?
PSC final order = the regulator’s decision. What did Wisconsin’s Public Service Commission approve, and with what conditions?
Utility tariff = the approved pricing and service rulebook. What rates and conditions apply to this customer?
Cost allocation = how the bill is divided. Who is assigned each cost? Relevant terms may appear in the order, tariff or approved contract.
Start with the electric utility named on your bill. Ask it for the case number, final order, current tariff and relevant cost terms for the named project. Municipality alone does not establish your utility or tariff.
A current Wisconsin example: We Energies’ very large customer rules
For eligible new loads of at least 100 megawatts, the tariff sets a minimum 15-year very-large-customer service term. It also includes minimum charges, customer-funded dedicated distribution equipment, and financial-security provisions. These can reduce the risk of unpaid costs reaching other customers.
If demand drops or the customer leaves: some payment obligations continue. Generation commitments have separate terms, potentially longer than 15 years; exit costs, mitigation and approved reassignment rules matter. This is not a promise that household bills will never rise.
See the actual tariff references
Eligibility and minimum service term: sheet 238.
Demand obligations and dedicated distribution costs: sheets 240, 248–249.
Minimum monthly charges: sheet 256.
Financial security and exceptions: sheets 258–260 and 274–276.
Generation commitments and exit terms: sheets 262–266 and 270–272.
Issued May 29, 2026; effective June 1, 2026. Docket 6630-TE-113. The tariff identifies the May 21 order; the separately identified PSC final order, PSC REF 591873, was not directly reviewed because access was blocked.
Checked October 3, 2026. We have not verified a particular developer’s executed contracts, generation subscriptions, security arrangements or dollar allocations. These rules do not automatically apply to every data center or every utility.
For a project-specific answer, Sol would need the actual approved documents, effective dates and relevant page references. Until those are supplied, costs and bill effects remain unknown.
Open a topic below to separate a possible benefit from the evidence needed to show it happened.
Promises and deliveryOne real announcement with allocation pending; dashboard records are fictional.
PROMISES, EVIDENCE & OUTCOMES
REAL ANNOUNCEMENT · MOUNT PLEASANT / RACINE COUNTY
Microsoft redirects a $5 million annual incentive.
The Village of Mount Pleasant announced on September 28, 2026 that Microsoft will redirect its annual development incentive: about $4.9 million to the village for tax relief and capital projects, and $100,000 to the Racine County Economic Development Corporation for county-wide economic development.
Status: announced; budget allocation pending. Detailed village spending requires 2027 budget approval. We have not verified the first disbursement or household savings.
This redirects a property-tax-funded TID 5 incentive; it is not a separate charitable donation or a formal cancellation of the agreement. It does not automatically benefit Greendale or Milwaukee County residents.
Real public-source announcement, checked October 3, 2026. Separate from the fictional examples below.
FICTIONAL DEMO RECORDS BELOW
Compare a sample developer promise with the evidence that would be needed to show progress. These records describe no real developer or project.
“Documented in demo” means a fictional supporting record exists inside this example. It never means an actual local outcome has been verified.
Find public meetingsOfficial calendars, not a live meeting feed. No topic-specific meeting verified in this snapshot.
Follow land use, utilities, water, infrastructure and community agreements—not just agendas titled “AI.”
No upcoming data-center-specific meeting verified in this local register.
Sources reviewed October 3, 2026. This is a manually curated prototype, not a live or complete meeting feed. An empty list does not mean no meetings are scheduled.
Check the official calendars
These are places to look, not confirmed data-center hearings. Agendas may appear shortly before a meeting. Confirm date, Central Time, location, remote access and public-comment rules with the organizer.
Prepare to take part
Search agendas for data center, TID/TIF, rezoning, conditional use, substation, transmission, water service and developer agreement. Read the agenda packet; check whether public comment is allowed and whether advance registration is required. Ask the clerk about accessibility, interpretation and written comments. A general board meeting may not discuss a data center.
For any of the seven counties, your municipality’s clerk is the best starting point for local land-use meetings. County and PSC decisions may happen separately.
Find facilities and understand tiersLimited, source-attributed examples. No listing does not mean no facility exists.
Tier I–IV describes infrastructure resilience: how power and cooling keep computing running during maintenance or a failure. It does not tell you the building’s size, whether it runs AI, its water or energy use, or its benefits to residents.
Conceptual diagrams, not engineering designs. A spare component is extra equipment; an alternate path is a separate route to deliver service. Read Uptime Institute’s Tier framework. A marketing claim is not proof of certification; design and constructed-facility certifications are distinct.
Which facilities are in my municipality?
Use My Community to choose your area, then explore this limited source register. Listings distinguish operational facilities from proposals. No listing means we have not verified an entry here—not that no data center exists.
Checked October 3, 2026. Provider reports are attributed; this is not a comprehensive government inventory. An AI-capable facility is not proof of specific AI workloads. Certified tiers are not assigned without certification evidence.
Explore laws and recorded votesSelected dated records. A proposal is not a law; one vote is not an overall position.
See what a measure would do, what happened to it, and how lawmakers voted on a specific action. A sponsorship is not a vote. One vote does not describe someone’s overall position on AI.
Selected official records checked October 3, 2026. This starter collection is not a complete legislative tracker. Bill histories below use the latest dated action, not a stale committee-status heading.
DATA CENTERS · NOT ENACTED
Wisconsin AB 840 · 2025–26
Data-center requirements proposal, introduced by Rep. Zimmerman and other authors. The Assembly passed it January 20, 2026, after adopting Substitute Amendment 1: 53 ayes, 44 nays, 2 paired.
The Senate history records “Failed to concur” under Senate Joint Resolution 1 on March 23, 2026. Assembly passage did not make it law.
Proposal covering large energy customers, renewables, data-center building requirements, water use and pay rates. Introduced by Rep. Stroud and other authors.
History records failure to pass under Senate Joint Resolution 1 on March 23, 2026. A coauthor was added April 6; that did not enact it. No final-passage roll call is listed in the reviewed history.
A proposed moratorium on data centers, introduced by Reps. Madison, Hong, Moore Omokunde, Clancy, Cruz and Tenorio; Senate cosponsors Larson and Carpenter.
Introduced March 13, 2026; failed to pass under Senate Joint Resolution 1 on March 23. The reviewed history lists no final-passage roll call. Do not interpret this as named “no” votes.
On July 1, 2025, the Senate agreed 99–1 to the Blackburn amendment to strike the AI-support section from the pending H.R. 1 amendment. Wisconsin senators Tammy Baldwin and Ron Johnson both voted Yea.
This was an amendment vote—not a vote approving a Wisconsin data center, nor a stand-alone final-passage vote on AI regulation.
January 20, 2026 · Passage · Official roll call 182. Names follow the roll call; paired positions are separate from cast votes. Party labels are those recorded at the time.
Find who represents you—and which decisions they make
Your municipality or ZIP alone may not identify your legislative district. Use an official address-based lookup. Sol does not infer your representative from its community selector.
Municipal boards handle local land-use decisions; the PSC handles regulated utility decisions. Their records are different from legislative roll calls. Contact your clerk for local votes and meeting minutes.
Go a little deeper
Understand AI termsPlain-language explanations, with links to learn more.
What is a token?
A token is a small piece of text an AI processes: a word, part of a word or punctuation. Your question uses input tokens; the answer uses output tokens. It is not the same as a word count.
Tokens affect how much material a model can work with and how some services charge. Everyday subscriptions may show message limits instead. You do not need to count tokens for a simple practice prompt.
Codex is OpenAI’s agent for building and working with software. You can describe a change in plain language; it can inspect files, edit code and run checks using permitted tools. Review its work before relying on it.
A desktop app can still use models running in the cloud—“on my computer” does not necessarily mean the AI model runs locally.
The model produces the responses, the app is where you interact with it, and the plan determines access and limits. A new model announcement does not mean every free account can use it immediately.
Local AI or web-based AI?
Local AI: the model runs on your device and uses its memory and computing power. With the right setup it can work offline, but downloads, web searches, cloud options or plugins may still send data elsewhere.
Web-based AI: your request usually goes to a provider’s servers. It can be easier to start and use more computing power, but the provider’s data policies apply. A browser interface can also connect to a local model, so check where processing happens.
Ask whether creators consented or were compensated, whether personal information was included, whose perspectives are missing, and whether a source is represented fairly. Publicly accessible does not mean free of copyright or ethical concerns.
Providers do not disclose every training example; Sol cannot certify that a model’s entire dataset was ethically obtained. Tool access also matters: permission to connect an account is not permission to send every message or file.
Explore space and home hostingExperiments and proposals—not verified income opportunities for Wisconsin residents.
Small servers, orbital experiments and large commercial campuses are different propositions. Here’s what has been reported—and what residents should not assume.
Experiments with data centers in space
COMPANY-REPORTED DEMONSTRATION
Starcloud-1
Starcloud reports launching an NVIDIA H100 GPU into orbit in November 2025 and demonstrating AI computing in December. This is an orbital computing demonstration, not evidence of a gigawatt-scale replacement for Wisconsin facilities.
Lonestar reports four test flights: two to the International Space Station and two to the Moon. Its focus includes data storage and continuity. It advertises an April 2027 StarVault mission; that date is a plan, not a completed launch.
Space computing still needs power, communications and heat rejection. Radiative cooling is not the same as equipment needing no cooling. These experiments do not establish lower total costs or environmental impacts, nor do they remove current local planning questions.
Could I be paid to host one on my property?
UK HOSTING EXAMPLE · WAITLIST
A server that helps heat water
Heata attaches a small server to a compatible hot-water cylinder. The company says it reimburses the unit’s electricity and the household receives useful heat. This is a bill-saving arrangement, not advertised rent or guaranteed cash profit.
The provider currently lists a waitlist and requires a water cylinder and fast broadband. Wisconsin availability is not verified. Your existing heating system stays in place.
A developer may negotiate a land purchase, lease or site option with a property owner. That is different from installing a small server in a home. Power availability, fiber, zoning, access, cooling and the project’s economics determine whether a site is useful.
No open Wisconsin homeowner cash-hosting offer or standard payment rate has been verified for this guide. Sol does not match hosts with developers or accept applications.
Is the benefit rent, electricity reimbursement, heat savings or a revenue share? What is actually guaranteed in writing?
Who pays for equipment, installation, electricity, broadband, repairs and removal?
What permissions, insurance, electrical work and access rights are needed for this property?
How will noise, heat, outages and network security be handled? What happens if the operator closes?
Can you exit, and who restores the property? Have a qualified local adviser review a real lease or contract.
Do not treat gross payments as profit: subtract unreimbursed operating costs and any up-front costs. No earnings estimates are supplied here.
Sources checked October 3, 2026. Provider statements are not independently audited results or an endorsement. Program availability can change.
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You deserve to understand the trade-offs without being pushed to buy a plan. Free access can be useful; paying does not automatically mean your data is private or excluded from training.
What Sol does today
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Your questions and practice
Ask Sol and Is That True use prepared responses in your browser. This app does not send those entries to an AI provider or save them in a Sol database. Copying a prompt puts it on your device clipboard; pasting it into another service brings that service’s policies into play.
There is no live in-app AI chat yet. Its provider, retention rules and consent flow have not been chosen.
Hosting and updated guides
This public preview is hosted on Cloudflare, which may process technical logs. Sol’s app code includes no advertising pixels or analytics trackers; this is not a promise that the hosting platform collects nothing.
This public preview uses a dated guide snapshot, not the private project’s automatic updates. It stores no residents’ questions. Hosting log retention and data location still need confirmation. Contact [email protected] with questions.
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If Sol adds live chat, accounts or uploads, this section must explain the provider, information sent, storage location, retention, training use, deletion process and choices before residents use those features.
Current prototype disclosure · October 3, 2026. It is not a finalized production privacy policy.
How AI providers handle your data
There is no single rule for all agents. Prompts, answers, uploads, account details, usage logs and connected-app content may be handled differently depending on the product, plan, settings and region. Storage, model training, personalization and advertising are separate uses.
ChatGPT
You can turn off “Improve the model for everyone” for new conversations; this does not delete chat history. Temporary chats are not used for model improvement and may be kept up to 30 days for safety. Feedback and workplace plans have additional rules.
Consumer and business products have different policies. Check the consumer retention policy for Free, Pro or Max, your model-improvement setting and how deletion works; do not assume the API’s retention rule applies to your personal account.
Google’s Keep Activity setting affects history and model improvement. Even with activity off, chats can remain for 72 hours for service and safety purposes; feedback and human-reviewed data have separate rules.
Advertising pays for many Meta services. Your attention and activity help make ad placement valuable: for example, interest in gardening can help determine which ads you see. Saying you “pay with data” is a metaphor for that exchange—not a literal charge or proof that Meta sells your personal records to advertisers.
Meta says it sells advertisers the ability to reach audiences rather than selling people’s data. That distinction does not remove questions about profiling, collection or sharing. Meta’s explanation of its advertising model.
AI interactions can matter too. Meta announced that from December 16, 2025, interactions with its generative AI features would help personalize content and ads in most regions, subject to stated exceptions and account-linking rules. Read Meta’s announcement and controls.
Meta describes training with public online information, licensed data and information from its services, including public Facebook and Instagram posts. It says private messages with friends and family are not used to train its AI unless someone shares them with its AI features; direct AI interactions are different. Read Meta’s AI-data explanation.
Five questions before sharing information
What will leave my device, and which company receives it?
Is it saved, for how long, and can people review it?
Is it used for training, personalized answers, ads—or several of these?
How do I delete it, and what exceptions or copies remain?
Does this rule apply to my exact account, plan and region?
Use made-up examples while learning. You can get useful help without sharing medical records, passwords, identifying family details or private work documents.
Provider statements checked October 3, 2026; they are not an independent privacy audit. Controls and retention can change.
Browse sources and methodsPublic records and attributed provider reports. Sources do not verify fictional examples.
Official organizations to consult for actual records. These links do not substantiate our fictional commitments.