× Expand Kayla Wolf for Wisconsin Watch Members of the public attend a village board meeting at DeForest Village Hall in DeForest, Wis., on Jan. 20, 2026. Members of the public attend a village board meeting at DeForest Village Hall in DeForest, Wis., on Jan. 20, 2026. The Madison suburb of DeForest, where a $12 billion data center proposal has been in development for months, abruptly announced Jan. 27 that the data center “is not feasible.”The statement by the village government indicates the proposal will be dropped. Instead, the village issued a statement Tuesday, saying:“After individual discussions with the Village Board trustees, village staff have determined that QTS’ data center proposal is not feasible in DeForest. This article was originally published by Wisconsin Watch and is republished here under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.