Janesville hopes to attract data center proposals for abandoned GM site

Several interested developers contacted city officials, other uses for the site are still in the picture

Once, thousands of workers built tractors and trucks on the General Motors site in Janesville. Now, saplings grow among its concrete rubble.

In the future, at least part of the site could host a very different user — a data center.

Janesville Economic Development Director Jimsi Kuborn will ask the City Council on Monday to open a 30-day window for proposals from data center developers interested in the 240-acre site..

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RSK: Well, if you first don`t succeed, try, try again. It does have some potential no question but maybe not a data center site...