The biggestdata centers planned for Wisconsin, the Microsoft project in Mount Pleasant and the Vantage project in Port Washington, are not a threat to local water systems or to Lake Michigan — a fact opponents either can’t believe or won’t admit.

Microsoft last week called off its plans to develop a second Racine County data center campus in the Village of Caledonia after a public hearing at which one opponent said, “This company, whoever it is, they want our land, they want our water. They have no commitment to our community. They’re in it for profit only.”

In Port Washington, Mayor Ted Neitzke is clearly nettled by the mishmash of false or selectively chosen information about water. The opposition has coalesced, remarkably, around an anti-business video screed by Charlie Berens, a video and standup comedian normally known for his genial takes on Wisconsin culture.

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