Aventus: Milwaukee (Lakes) Data Center

Project Profile

Power: No behind-the-meter generation. Backup: dual full-load diesel generators and dual UPS (concurrent maintenance). 4,000 A underground utility feed from We Energies.

Carriers: Lumen (two entrances), AT&T, WIN; four disparate carrier entrances; dark fiber available

Certifications: SOC 2 Type 2, HIPAA, FDIC, Wisconsin Act 73

Security: fenced perimeter, security gates, tailgate-detection vestibule, video surveillance; automatic FE25 fire suppression

Distance	Site	About
2.34 miles	AT&T: 5825 N 99th St	AT&T built a mobile switching center at 5825 North 99th Street in Milwaukee in 1995. The site closed and sold at the end of 2025, and the 29,500 sq ft building now markets for sale or lease as the 99th Street Technology Center.
2.54 miles	AT&T: 7721 W Fond du Lac Ave
2.73 miles	FIS: Brown Deer	FIS owns a data center on its 20-acre former Metavante campus at 4900 West Brown Deer Road in Brown Deer, Wisconsin, north of Milwaukee. Ascent operates the facility.
4.06 miles	Johnson Controls: Glendale
4.22 miles	Affordable Family Storage: Midtown Milwaukee	Affordable Family Storage proposed a 19,000 sq ft computing facility inside the former Walmart at 5825 West Hope Avenue in Milwaukee's Midtown neighborhood. It dropped the data center in July 2026 after community opposition, and the redevelopment went ahead with housing, a library branch and self-storage.
7.58 miles	AT&T: 6812 Aetna Ct
7.92 miles	Data Holdings Milwaukee	Data Holdings runs a Tier III colocation data center at 3135 West Highland Boulevard in Milwaukee. The Forest County Potawatomi Community owns the business. The two-story building opened in 2013, added a 7,500 sq ft suite in 2019 and has hosted the MKE-IX internet exchange since 2025.
8.18 miles	AT&T: 918 N 26th St
8.71 miles	Ethoplex
8.89 miles	Vaultas Milwaukee
9.29 miles	AT&T: 722 N Broadway	AT&T's Broadway central office at 722-740 North Broadway in downtown Milwaukee is the main telephone exchange of Wisconsin Bell and its former headquarters. Reign Capital bought the 20-story 1930 tower and its 1953 annex in 2021, and AT&T leases them back.
9.32 miles	Cogent: 324 E Wisconsin
9.32 miles	1547: Wells Building	The Wells Building at 324 East Wisconsin Avenue is a 15-story carrier hotel in downtown Milwaukee. 1547 Critical Systems Realty bought the 1901 building in 2020 and runs it as a multi-tenant data center and interconnection hub.
9.32 miles	Netwurx 324 E Wisconsin
9.33 miles	TSR 324 E Wisconsin
9.36 miles	Windstream Brookfield
9.36 miles	Windstream Milwaukee
9.38 miles	AT&T: 405 N Fairway Dr
10.11 miles	TierPoint Milwaukee-Burnham	TierPoint runs a Tier III colocation and business-continuity data center at 3701 West Burnham Street on Milwaukee's south side. The site came to TierPoint with its 2016 purchase of Cosentry and offers about 3,600 sq ft of raised floor.
10.20 miles	Lumen Milwaukee 1
10.48 miles	Fiserv: Brookfield	Fiserv runs a data center in its former headquarters campus at 255 Fiserv Drive in Brookfield, Wisconsin. Fiserv kept the data center when it moved its headquarters to downtown Milwaukee in 2023, and put the 186,000 sq ft campus up for sale in 2024.
12.00 miles	Cogent: Milwaukee 2	Cogent Communications runs its Milwaukee 2 data center at 2915 South 5th Court in Milwaukee's Bay View area, in a former Sprint network building. The site offers about 3,900 sq ft of colocation with UPS and generator backup.
12.22 miles	Verizon Wireless: New Berlin
13.08 miles	Mapletree: N15 W24250 Riverwood	N15 W24250 Riverwood Drive in Pewaukee, Wisconsin, is a two-story, 142,952 sq ft data center built in 1985 with about 40,000 sq ft of raised floor. AT&T used the building for decades. It is now vacant and offered for lease.
14.80 miles	AT&T: 220 Wisconsin Ave, Waukesha
17.05 miles	Northwestern Mutual: Franklin
19.80 miles	AT&T: W277 S4747 Saylesville Rd
19.97 miles	Expedient Franklin	Expedient runs MKE1, its Milwaukee-area data center, at 4777 West Ironwood Drive in Franklin, Wisconsin. Expedient opened the former Harley-Davidson data center in 2021 and leases the whole building from StratCap Data Centers.
19.97 miles	StratCap: 4777 Ironwood	4777 West Ironwood Drive in Franklin, Wisconsin, is a 28,500 sq ft data center built in 2008 for Harley-Davidson. StratCap Data Centers bought it in 2022, and Expedient leases the whole building as its Milwaukee facility.

Distance

Site

About

2.34 miles

AT&T: 5825 N 99th St

AT&T built a mobile switching center at 5825 North 99th Street in Milwaukee in 1995. The site closed and sold at the end of 2025, and the 29,500 sq ft building now markets for sale or lease as the 99th Street Technology Center.

2.54 miles

AT&T: 7721 W Fond du Lac Ave

2.73 miles

FIS: Brown Deer

FIS owns a data center on its 20-acre former Metavante campus at 4900 West Brown Deer Road in Brown Deer, Wisconsin, north of Milwaukee. Ascent operates the facility.

4.06 miles

Johnson Controls: Glendale

4.22 miles

Affordable Family Storage: Midtown Milwaukee

Affordable Family Storage proposed a 19,000 sq ft computing facility inside the former Walmart at 5825 West Hope Avenue in Milwaukee's Midtown neighborhood. It dropped the data center in July 2026 after community opposition, and the redevelopment went ahead with housing, a library branch and self-storage.

7.58 miles

AT&T: 6812 Aetna Ct

7.92 miles

Data Holdings Milwaukee

Data Holdings runs a Tier III colocation data center at 3135 West Highland Boulevard in Milwaukee. The Forest County Potawatomi Community owns the business. The two-story building opened in 2013, added a 7,500 sq ft suite in 2019 and has hosted the MKE-IX internet exchange since 2025.

8.18 miles

AT&T: 918 N 26th St

8.71 miles

Ethoplex

8.89 miles

Vaultas Milwaukee

9.29 miles

AT&T: 722 N Broadway

AT&T's Broadway central office at 722-740 North Broadway in downtown Milwaukee is the main telephone exchange of Wisconsin Bell and its former headquarters. Reign Capital bought the 20-story 1930 tower and its 1953 annex in 2021, and AT&T leases them back.

9.32 miles

Cogent: 324 E Wisconsin

9.32 miles

1547: Wells Building

The Wells Building at 324 East Wisconsin Avenue is a 15-story carrier hotel in downtown Milwaukee. 1547 Critical Systems Realty bought the 1901 building in 2020 and runs it as a multi-tenant data center and interconnection hub.

9.32 miles

Netwurx 324 E Wisconsin

9.33 miles

TSR 324 E Wisconsin

9.36 miles

Windstream Brookfield

9.36 miles

Windstream Milwaukee

9.38 miles

AT&T: 405 N Fairway Dr

10.11 miles

TierPoint Milwaukee-Burnham

TierPoint runs a Tier III colocation and business-continuity data center at 3701 West Burnham Street on Milwaukee's south side. The site came to TierPoint with its 2016 purchase of Cosentry and offers about 3,600 sq ft of raised floor.

10.20 miles

Lumen Milwaukee 1

10.48 miles

Fiserv: Brookfield

Fiserv runs a data center in its former headquarters campus at 255 Fiserv Drive in Brookfield, Wisconsin. Fiserv kept the data center when it moved its headquarters to downtown Milwaukee in 2023, and put the 186,000 sq ft campus up for sale in 2024.

12.00 miles

Cogent: Milwaukee 2

Cogent Communications runs its Milwaukee 2 data center at 2915 South 5th Court in Milwaukee's Bay View area, in a former Sprint network building. The site offers about 3,900 sq ft of colocation with UPS and generator backup.

12.22 miles

Verizon Wireless: New Berlin

13.08 miles

Mapletree: N15 W24250 Riverwood

N15 W24250 Riverwood Drive in Pewaukee, Wisconsin, is a two-story, 142,952 sq ft data center built in 1985 with about 40,000 sq ft of raised floor. AT&T used the building for decades. It is now vacant and offered for lease.

14.80 miles

AT&T: 220 Wisconsin Ave, Waukesha

17.05 miles

Northwestern Mutual: Franklin

19.80 miles

AT&T: W277 S4747 Saylesville Rd

19.97 miles

Expedient Franklin

Expedient runs MKE1, its Milwaukee-area data center, at 4777 West Ironwood Drive in Franklin, Wisconsin. Expedient opened the former Harley-Davidson data center in 2021 and leases the whole building from StratCap Data Centers.

19.97 miles

StratCap: 4777 Ironwood

4777 West Ironwood Drive in Franklin, Wisconsin, is a 28,500 sq ft data center built in 2008 for Harley-Davidson. StratCap Data Centers bought it in 2022, and Expedient leases the whole building as its Milwaukee facility.

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Aventus: Milwaukee (Lakes)