US colocation player Involta has bought a plot of land with an existing data center in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and plans to create a 20MW campus there.

Involta plans to build multiple buildings on the 24.5-acre site, extending the current footprint to up to 20MW, according to the announcement.

The land is in the village of Harrison, just southeast of Appleton, Wisconsin, and contains a data center previously owned by Kimberly-Clark.

Wisconsin has been designated a Regional Tech Hub by the Biden administration, and the largest concentration of data centers in the state is in Milwaukee, some 100 miles south of Green Bay.

“The Green Bay market is a sought-after region across our portfolio of enterprise clients spanning healthcare organizations, manufacturers, and financial institutions,” said Bruce Lehrman, founder and vice chairman of the Board of Directors for Involta.

“As this market continues to grow, our evolving footprint in this vibrant region will deliver the capacity, fiber infrastructure, and hybrid IT services required to support high-performance compute for the most demanding and complex regulated industries.”

Involta plans to bring in more fiber to serve the campus, which will be its 13th data center location.

The company announced earlier this week that it would be expanding its Tucson facility in Arizona, to 1MW.

Involta was launched in 2007 as a merger of Technology Resources Company and CoVault Technology, and was acquired by the Carlyle Group from M/C Partners in late 2021.

Involta contacted DCD to tell us the data center was previously owned by Kimberley-Clark.

Harrison is in both Calumet and Outagamie counties, east of Appleton.

“The village is excited for what the future holds related to Involta’s investment in the village of Harrison," Chad Pelishek, told The Post-Crescent on Friday. "Involta’s growth plans align well with the village’s growth plans to diversify the local economy, and we look forward to long-term relationship with them.”.