The Public Service Commission rejected the geographic restriction, which would have limited Microsoft’s access to wind energy from neighboring states. Microsoft’s new 15-year electric service contract for its Mount Pleasant data center includes a provision Wisconsin regulators previously rejected. Ratepayer advocates and clean energy groups criticized the plan, arguing it would limit data centers’ access to wind energy. But neighboring states — especially Iowa and Minnesota — have far higher average wind speeds and generate vastly more wind power. Microsoft has already signed up to purchase electricity from the planned Red Oak Ridge Energy Center in Kenosha County.