Stop big data from bulldozing Wisconsin farmland.

Thomas P. Tiffany · Wisconsin · Republican

policy impact 0.72 specificity 0.64 extraction confidence 73%

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Occurrences

"I'm running for governor to cut taxes and red tape, stop Wall Street from buying our homes and big data from bulldozing our farmland," Tiffany says to close the spot.

Tiffany pledges to prevent large data-driven development interests from taking over farmland.

Tiffany launches his first ad in governor's race
campaign · campaign_ad · model gpt-5.4-mini

Evidence

The report says the Ratepayer Protection Act moved through a House subcommittee in mid-June 2026 and a planned full-committee vote on July 1 was delayed. It also reports critics say the bill would not pause data center construction and may speed some grid-related development.

Within the lookback window, Congress was considering a data-center-related bill, but it was not a farmland/data-center stop, had not cleared full committee, and was not reported as a Tiffany-led action.

unresolved same_term

Bipartisan bill fails to protect US consumers from datacenters’ true costs, critics warn
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 84%

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People reported that H.R. 9430, the Ratepayer Protection Act, was sponsored by Rep. Gabe Evans and Rep. Kathy Castor and would require major technology companies to cover energy and grid costs associated with data centers.

This shows a concrete federal effort in late June 2026 concerning AI data-center costs, but the effort is framed around ratepayer protection, not stopping data centers from using Wisconsin farmland, and Tiffany is not identified as a sponsor.

unresolved same_term

New Bill Would Force Companies to Pay for Data Center Energy Costs
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 78%

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Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez announced legislation to impose a federal moratorium on AI data centers until safeguards are enacted. The release says the bill addresses utility prices, environmental harm, community approval, and subsidies.

An official federal moratorium proposal exists, but it was led by other lawmakers and the source does not show enactment or Tiffany participation.

unresolved same_term

NEWS: Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez Announce AI Data Center Moratorium Act
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 86%

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The bill text would bar construction or upgrading of AI data centers until later laws ensure federal AI review, worker protections, no consumer bill increases, no environmental harm, affected community approval, no subsidies, and public reporting.

The bill text confirms what a data-center moratorium would require, but it is a proposal by Sanders in the Senate draft and does not show delivery by Tiffany.

unresolved same_term

Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act - Bill Text
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%

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Tiffany’s campaign page says that as governor he will protect farmers and farmland, including from wind and solar projects and from ownership by Communist China. The page uses future-tense gubernatorial language and does not identify an enacted data-center or farmland restriction.

The commitment appears tied to Tiffany’s 2026 governor campaign rather than a completed action; as of July 6, 2026, he had not yet served the gubernatorial term in which this promise would be directly deliverable.

unresolved unknown

Solutions - Tom Tiffany for Governor
campaign · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 82%

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The Guardian reported that Port Washington voters approved a referendum requiring voter approval before city officials approve tax incremental districts above $10 million, but the measure does not stop the $15 billion data-center campus already under construction.

Wisconsin has seen a local partial restriction on future data-center incentives, but the existing project continues and the action is not attributed to Tiffany.

partial unknown

‘Nobody’s negotiating for the people here’: comedian Charlie Berens takes on AI datacenters
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 80%

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Assessments

unresolved unknown

The promise appears to be a future-tense 2026 Wisconsin gubernatorial campaign commitment, not a pledge already deliverable in Tiffany's current federal House office. The evidence shows no enacted federal, state, or gubernatorial action by Tiffany stopping data centers or big data development from using Wisconsin farmland. Other data-center proposals and local actions were led by unrelated officials or voters, were not enacted as the promised statewide farmland protection, and do not establish Tiffany delivery. Because he has not yet served the gubernatorial term tied to the promise, the outcome remains unresolved rather than failed.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 84%