Proposed project · Adrian Township, Monroe County, WI

A different kind of data center

A small, modular project proposed for Adrian Township. Built to be quiet, low-impact, and to fit in with the area.

12 MW

Target capacity

1–3 acres

A small fenced footprint

Low impact

A short build measured in months, fully removable and restorable to prior use

Conceptual Rendering (Subject to Change)

What is being proposed in Adrian Township

Nodiac builds small, modular data centers that are fundamentally different than the large-scale projects in the headlines. We use power that's already available on the local grid, instead of building new power plants or new power lines. The capacity we'd use here is power the utility has already identified as “stranded”: capacity on the local grid that isn't being put to good use today, so we're not taking power away from the community. The site itself is quiet and low-profile: a small footprint rather than a sprawling campus, and our site permits will keep it at a modest size.

The project itself is made up of a few standard pieces: chillers that run a closed-loop liquid cooling system with no regular water use (plus some air cooling), a transformer box, and the power and IT module, which resembles a shipping container. These sit on a concrete pad inside a gravel, fenced-in area.

A simple way to think about it: comparing this project to one of the giant campuses in the news is like comparing a family dairy farm to a 5,000-head industrial operation. Both are farms, but they have very different impacts on the community in the short and long term.

No evaporative cooling

Closed-loop, no regular water use

No grid strain

Uses existing capacity

Locator map: the site is in Monroe County, west-central Wisconsin, near Tomah where I-90 and I-94 meet — Adrian Township, Monroe County — west-central Wisconsin, near Tomah where I-90 and I-94 meet.

Aerial mockup: the small Nodiac Tomah site footprint beside the outline of a 700+ acre hyperscale campus, roughly 350 times larger — Layout subject to change; comparison is to a ~700-acre campus.

For the community · Enabled by Nodiac

Community benefits

We want this project to bring lasting, ongoing benefits to your community. These are early ideas, informed by conversations with local constituents in the community. Nodiac plans to enable these benefits through a formalized agreement with the community

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Electric bill credit

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Nodiac is targeting a meaningful credit on electric bills for residential households in Adrian Township, Monroe County, WI. It would show up as its own credit on your monthly bill.

How we build and run it

Development commitments

Beyond the community benefits, here is how we will commit to build and operate the site so we stay a good neighbor. These conditions can be written into the permit, which makes them enforceable and part of the public record.

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Quiet operation

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At the nearest home, about 500 feet away, the goal is 40 to 50 decibels or lower. We test noise levels before and after construction.

How this is enforced

These aren't just promises. The project has to go through a public permit process, and the terms we agree to on noise, size and other conditions will be written into the permit. That makes it enforceable and part of the public record.

Questions residents have asked

Power, water and noise

Project scope

Safety and environment

Future of the project

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