Solarus: 440 E Grand Ave, Wisconsin Rapids

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Solarus: 440 E Grand Ave, Wisconsin Rapids

Year Built: 1958

Utility Provider: Wisconsin Rapids Water Works & Light

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Solarus, the former Wood County Telephone Company, runs its main telephone exchange from its headquarters on East Grand Avenue in Wisconsin Rapids. The switching equipment sits in sections of the building added in 1958 and 1967.

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Sites within 15 miles of Solarus: 440 E Grand Ave, Wisconsin Rapids

Distance	Site	About
0.47 miles	DPO: Wisconsin Rapids	Digital Power Optimization (DPO) has officially withdrawn from this project.
1.48 miles	PNK Group: Wisconsin Rapids	PNK Group proposed a data center campus at the former Verso paper mill in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. The city council denied its permit in October 2026.
3.69 miles	Cloudnium: Port Edwards	Cloudnium operates a small colocation data center in Port Edwards, Wisconsin, one of its three campuses alongside Dallas and San Angelo.
14.96 miles	AT&T: 1045 Clark St, Stevens Point	AT&T's main telephone exchange in downtown Stevens Point, Wisconsin, built in 1925.

Operating Company

Solarus is an independent telephone company owned by nearly 800 local shareholders, all of whom are also its customers. It operates under the legal name Wood County Telephone Company, with its headquarters in Wisconsin Rapids and a second office in Manawa, Wisconsin. The company serves about 17,000 residential and business customers.

Services include fiber internet, wireless broadband, voice, TV, hosted phone, security monitoring and enterprise services for businesses.

Solarus History:

In 2016, Solarus acquired the Manawa Telephone Company.
In 2005, Wood County Telephone Company rebranded as Solarus as it added TV and internet services.
Founded in 1896 in Wood County, Wisconsin, as the Wood County Telephone Company.

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