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.
PNK Group
PNK Group is a privately held industrial real estate company owned by Andrey Sharkov. Its U.S. business, PNK Group USA, is headquartered in New York City and has operated in the United States since 2017.
The company acts as investor, developer, engineer, manufacturer and general contractor on its own projects. It builds with a proprietary prefabricated system called the Building Assembly Set and produces large building components at its own plants in Georgia and Pennsylvania. Its U.S. portfolio includes industrial parks and build-to-suit sites in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Virginia, Georgia and Texas. The company reports more than 20 years of experience, with earlier work across Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
PNK Group History:
- In October 2026, the Wisconsin Rapids Common Council denied the company's conditional use permit for a data center campus at the former paper mill site in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin.
- In 2026, PNK Group proposed a data center campus on about 210 acres of the former Verso paper mill site in Wisconsin Rapids.
- In 2022 and 2023, PNK Group opened production facilities in Georgia and Pennsylvania.
- In 2017, PNK Group began operating in the United States.
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