Microsoft, PowerHouse Hillwood clash with utilities over data center power deals

Microsoft and PowerHouse Hillwood are in separate disputes with regulated utilities—ComEd and an unnamed Wisconsin utility—over service agreements they say unfairly use monopoly power to block or disadvantage large data center customers.

First covered Aug 24, 2026 · 6:05 AM PT · 1 article · no longer in the live window

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33d Utility Dive Microsoft, PowerHouse Hillwood in disputes over data center service agreements — Data center agreements in Wisconsin fail to protect ratepayers, Microsoft says. Exelon’s ComEd is using monopoly power to quash an agreement for an Illinois…

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Appeared in: 2026-08-24 (#9) · 2026-08-25 (#6)

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