Wisconsin GOP Candidate Is Exploiting the Data Center Backlash to Hit Solar, Wind

U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in January. Photo: Al Drago/Getty Images.

In January, U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-Wisconsin) called data centers “exciting new technology” and voted for a federal bill to speed their construction.

But by May, as he was running for governor of Wisconsin, he was promising to repeal the state tax breaks that lure them. And within a week of the Aug. 11 Democratic primary in the Badger State, Tiffany’s campaign was on the air branding his opponent “Data Center David Crowley” — a Republican attacking a Democrat for being too cozy with Big Tech.