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Oracle faces $100M annual fee for Wisconsin datacenter power guarantee
Oracle must pay $100M annually to back a $7B power guarantee for its nearly 1 GW Wisconsin datacenter campus, developed with Vantage and OpenAI. The regulator refused to waive the requirement, citing reliability concerns. The facility is part of Oracle's AI infrastructure expansion.
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The $100M annual cost underscores the high stakes of AI datacenter buildouts, where energy commitments can become a major financial burden.
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