PORT WASHINGTON, Wis. — Port Washington city leaders are set to approve plans to build a large data center north of the city's downtown, a project that has divided residents for months over its potential benefits and drawbacks.

The city's Common Council is set to approve a development agreement for the southern part of the site at its meeting next Tuesday. The northern part of the site has not yet been annexed into the city.

Residents are getting a first look at the plans through full-scale renderings of the project that show four large buildings adjacent to Interstate 43.

The agreement would require the developer, Denver-based Vantage Data Centers , to initially pay $175 million in infrastructure improvements. The company would be reimbursed over time through a city tax increment

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