[August 27, 2026]

Rehlko Joins Wisconsin Data Center Coalition as Newest Energy Resilience Member, Reinforcing Its Role at the Center of AI and Digital Infrastructure Growth

Rehlko, a global industrial energy resilience platform providing custom-engineered, integrated power solutions for mission-critical infrastructure worldwide, today announced it has joined the Wisconsin Data Center Coalition (WIDCC) as the organization's newest energy resilience member. The membership reflects Rehlko's commitment to advancing Wisconsin's role as a leader in responsible AI infrastructure development, built on reliable and scalable power.

Rapid growth in hyperscale and enterprise data center investment is reshaping markets across the world, and Rehlko is building the power infrastructure that makes it possible. Sitting at the intersection of the structural forces driving AI infrastructure expansion, grid reliability, and accelerating electrification, Rehlko brings more than a century of engineering depth and lifecycle capability to the table. WIDCC brings together stakeholders from across Wisconsin's technology, utility, economic development, workforce development, government, and infrastructure sectors to advance sustainable, well-managed data center growth, and with this membership Rehlko is positioned at the center of that collaboration.

Through its participation, Rehlko will contribute technical expertise and industry perspective across the full range of capabilities that modern data center development demands, from mission-critical backup power and distributed energy systems to grid resilience strategy and the AI-scale power architectures increasingly required by hyperscale and enterprise operators. As a company purpose-built to engineer, deploy, and sustain complete power infrastructure through a single point of accountability, Rehlko brings a differentiated perspective to WIDCC.

"The buildout of AI infrastructure is one of the defining industrial challenges of our era, and reliable, resilient power is what determines where and how fast that buildout succeeds," said Brian Melka, President and Chief Executive Officer of Rehlko. "We are seeing this dynamic play out in markets around the world and Rehlko's role is the same everywhere: to bring the engineering depth, lifecycle capability, and single-partner accountability that turns infrastructure plans into operating data centers. Our membership in WIDCC reflects that commitment, and we look forward to contributing to the conversations this coalition is driving around responsible, sustainable digital infrastrcture growth."

"As Wisconsin continues to attract rapid investment in data centers and AI infrastructure, it is critical that our coalition brings together the full ecosystem required to support that growth," said Tricia Braun, Executive Director of WIDCC. "Rehlko's deep expertise in energy resilience and mission-critical power infrastructure makes them a valuable addition to WIDCC. We are excited to welcome Rehlko as our newest energy resilience member and look forward to working together to advance responsible, sustainable, and reliable data center development across Wisconsin."

Wisconsin is among the fastest-growing data center markets in the United States, attracting significant investment from hyperscale operators, colocation providers, and enterprise developers drawn by the state's competitive energy costs, available land, fiber connectivity, and skilled workforce. Rehlko already has a significant presence across Wisconsin, including manufacturing operations in Mosel, assembly capability in Kenosha, and the company's Glendale headquarters, and is actively delivering power infrastructure for data center programs across the region. As that investment continues to accelerate, the infrastructure required to power, support, and sustain it has become one of the most consequential planning questions facing developers, utilities, policymakers, and communities across the state. Mission-critical power infrastructure, once a specialty discipline managed late in the development process, has moved to the center of every serious data center conversation.

Rehlko looks forward to collaborating closely with WIDCC and supporting the community through education and advocacy efforts related to the responsible growth of data centers in Wisconsin and beyond. Through participation in workforce development, veteran recruitment initiatives, and engagement with developers, hyperscalers, utilities, policymakers, and economic development organizations Rehlko is committed to shaping Wisconsin's digital infrastructure future.

About Rehlko
Rehlko is a global industrial energy resilience platform providing custom-engineered, integrated power solutions for mission-critical infrastructure worldwide. With more than 100 years of heritage, Rehlko sits at the intersection of three of the most powerful demand tailwinds shaping the global economy: AI expansion, grid instability, and electrification. Rehlko's full lifecycle capability spans engineering, manufacturing, deployment, servicing and operation of power systems, creating long-term customer relationships and capturing service value across the installed base to ensure business and operational continuity. Rehlko is a leading power solutions provider to data center (hyperscale and non-hyperscale operators) with established operations and large installed base across other high growth markets (healthcare, telecom and other industrial). The company delivers the power quality and reliability these operations depend on through a vertically integrated offering of backup, prime, continuous, and bridging power solutions spanning a full range of sizes and power needs, designed to accelerate speed-to-power and address increasing grid instability. Rehlko has a proven track record in powering data center infrastructure, with 14+ GW of deployed capacity, more than 90% of it custom-engineered for the specific application - a reflection of the company's differentiated, solutions-based model. As the inventor of the world's first internal combustion engine-driven generator, Rehlko is today a comprehensive energy resilience infrastructure provider operating across 80 global locations, with the global scale and singular focus to power the world's critical infrastructure. Learn more at rehlko.com.

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About the Wisconsin Data Center Coalition
The Wisconsin Data Center Coalition is dedicated to advancing awareness, education, and responsible growth around data centers and digital infrastructure in Wisconsin. The coalition works with businesses, policymakers, community leaders, and industry partners to highlight the economic, workforce, infrastructure, and technology opportunities connected to Wisconsin's growing data center ecosystem. Learn more at widcc.com.

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