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. The announcement came a day after Wisconsin Watch reported on secrecy on the part of local governments regarding seven major data centers around Wisconsin. EmailIn DeForest, village staff worked for at least seven months with Virginia-based QTS Data Centers before the proposal was publicly announced in October. QTS was expected to make a presentation Jan. 27 to a village board committee, ahead of consideration by the village board on Feb. 3 and a public hearing on Feb. 9. 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.