Data centers in Minnesota
Every site we track in Minnesota, the jobs each one brings where a public source states them and the officials who represent them.
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Count86sites tracked (61 operating, 3 under construction, 22 announced)
Single-site maximum1,000largest sourced construction figure at one site (1 site sourced; not added up)
Count5sites with sourced planned permanent jobs
Single site$800 millionannounced investment at 1 site
What changed after November 3
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Sites in Minnesota
Sites with sourced job numbers first. Construction and permanent jobs are shown separately and never added together.
| Site | County | Status | Construction jobs | Permanent jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farmington Technology Park (Tract) Tract | Dakota | Announced | not stated | 277 |
| Meta Rosemount Data Center Meta | Dakota | Under construction | 1,000 | about 100 |
| Google Project Skyway (Pine Island) Google | Goodhue | Announced | not stated | approximately 100 |
| Nobles County Powered Data Park Geronimo Power (Brookfield Asset Management subsidiary) | Nobles | Announced | not stated | 86 |
| Google Hermantown Data Center Google | St. Louis | Announced | not stated | 40 |
| 232 20th St NW, East Grand Forks Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| 255 Second Avenue South Data Center Conversion (former Wells Fargo Operations Center) Sherman Associates | Hennepin | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| 3M Maplewood Data Center 3M | Ramsey | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| 702 Communications, Moorhead, MN Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| AAIM Data Centers, Blue Earth (Minnesota 1) AAIM Data Centers | Faribault | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| AAIM Data Centers, Hutchinson (Minnesota 2 Energy Park) B-MN Data Centers Inc. (d/b/a AAIM DataCenters) | McLeod | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| AAIM Data Centers, Mountain Lake (Minnesota 3 Energy Park) C-MN Data Centers Inc. / AAIM Data Centers | Cottonwood | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Archer Datacenter Faribault Archer Datacenter | Rice | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Ark Data Centers Duluth (3401 Technology Drive) Ark Data Centers | St. Louis | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Ark Data Centers Duluth (421 N 6th Ave East) Ark Data Centers | St. Louis | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Ark Duluth Data Center Prime Data Centers | St. Louis | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Atomic Data Minneapolis Central (MSP250) Atomic Data LLC | Hennepin | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Best Buy Data Center (Bloomington) Best Buy Co., Inc. | Hennepin | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Eagan Data Center Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Dakota | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| C.H. Robinson Oronoco Data Center C.H. Robinson | Olmsted | Operating | not stated | not stated |
Show all 86 sites
| Site | County | Status | Construction jobs | Permanent jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CENTRA MSP1 CENTRA Digital Interconnect | Dakota | Under construction | not stated | not stated |
| Cannon Falls Technology Park (Tract) Tract | Goodhue | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Centersquare Minneapolis (MSP1) CenterSquare (formerly Cyxtera) | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| Centersquare Shakopee (MSP1 Campus) Centersquare (fka Cyxtera / Evoque; site originally built by Compass Datacenters) | Scott | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| CloudHQ MSP Campus (Chaska) CloudHQ | Carver | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Cologix MIN4 Cologix, Inc. | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| Connect Data Centers, Eagan (powered by Oppidan) Oppidan Investment Company | Dakota | Under construction | not stated | not stated |
| DataBank Brooklyn Park Campus DataBank | Hennepin | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| DataBank Downtown Minneapolis Data Center (MSP4) DataBank | Hennepin | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| DataBank East Twin Cities Data Center (MSP2) DataBank | Dakota | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| DataBank Minneapolis (MSP1) Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| DataBank Minneapolis (MSP2) Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| DataBank Minneapolis (MSP4) Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| DataBank West Twin Cities Data Center (MSP1) DataBank | Hennepin | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Duluth Missabe Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| Ecolab Eagan Data Center Ecolab Inc. | Dakota | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| EdgeConneX Minneapolis (EDCMSP01) EdgeConneX Inc. | Hennepin | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Encompass Minneapolis Facility Owner not yet confirmed | Anoka | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Epic / Mayo Data Center Owner not yet confirmed | Olmsted | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Epic Hosting Rochester Data Center Epic Hosting, LLC | Olmsted | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Fastenal Winona Data Center Fastenal Company | Winona | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Flexential Minneapolis, Chaska (MSP01) Flexential | Carver | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| General Mills II Data Center (Golden Valley) General Mills | Hennepin | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Geronimo Power Data Center Owner not yet confirmed | Nobles | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| H5 Minneapolis H5 Data Centers | Ramsey | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Harmony Data Center Site (MiEnergy option, Fillmore County Road 22) MiEnergy Cooperative (site option holder; end user not identified) | Fillmore | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| HealthPartners Mendota Heights Data Center HealthPartners, Inc. | Dakota | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Implex Minneapolis Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| IronGate MSP2 (Woodbury) IronGate Data Centers (certificate holder Eden Ventures LLC) | Washington | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| IronGate MSP3 / Eagan Capital (former Unisys data center, 3,199 Pilot Knob Rd) IronGate Data Centers / Eagan Capital LLC (Swervo-affiliated) | Dakota | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Land O'Lakes Arden Hills Data Center Land O'Lakes | Ramsey | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Legacy Investing North Loop (former Star Tribune printing plant) Legacy Investing | Hennepin | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| LightEdge Chaska (fka Stream Data Centers Minneapolis I) LightEdge (GI Partners) | Carver | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Lumen Minneapolis 3 Lumen Technologies | Hennepin | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Medtronic Woodbury Data Center Medtronic, Inc. | Washington | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Microsoft Becker Data Center Microsoft | Sherburne | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Minnesota Gateway Data Center Owner not yet confirmed | Hennepin | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Monitcello Data Center Monticello Tech, LLC, | Wright | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Monticello Tech Park (Monticello Tech LLC / Frattalone) Frattalone Companies (via Monticello Tech, LLC) | Wright | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| NP Rochester Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| Nodiac Albertville Modular Data Center (70th St NE & Karment Ave NE) Nodiac | Wright | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Project Loon Google | St. Louis | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Prudential Data Center (Plymouth) Prudential | Hennepin | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| QLevr Inver Grove Heights Data Center (former Travel Tags site, Carmen Ave E) QLevr LLC (QLevr Data Centers) | Dakota | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Revolve Labs Glencoe Revolve Labs | McLeod | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Ridgeview Minnetonka Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| SFN MN-Albert Lea Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| SFN MN-Rochester Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| Scannell Properties Monticello Tech Park Scannell Properties LLC | Wright | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Shakopee Hyperscale Data Center Campus (NorthStar Digital Infrastructure) NorthStar Digital Infrastructure LLC | Scott | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| T5@Minneapolis (1001 Third Avenue South) T5 Data Centers | Hennepin | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Target Brooklyn Park Data Center Target Corporation | Hennepin | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Target Elk River Data Center Target Corporation | Sherburne | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Toro Company Data Center (Bloomington) The Toro Company | Hennepin | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| TriTech Center Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| U.S. Bank St. Paul Data Center U.S. Bank N.A. | Ramsey | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| UHG Chaska Data Center UnitedHealth Group | Carver | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| UHG Elk River Data Center UnitedHealth Group | Sherburne | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| UHG Plymouth Data Center UnitedHealthCare Services, Inc. | Hennepin | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| U.S. Internet, Minnetonka Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| US Signal MN01 Minneapolis (Eden Prairie) US Signal (site registered by OneNeck IT Solutions LLC) | Hennepin | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Vaultas Alexandria (ALX1) Vaultas | Douglas | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Vaultas St. Cloud Vaultas | Stearns | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Verizon, Bloomington Network Verizon Communications Inc. | Hennepin | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Wells Fargo Shoreview Data Center Wells Fargo Bank N.A. | Ramsey | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Zayo Minneapolis, 10,300 6th Ave N Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated |
Counties with data center sites
What does this mean for your community?
Electric bills, water, housing and taxes in Data centers in Minnesota: sites, jobs and officials: what we know, what remains unknown and who can answer. Statewide figures are context, not forecasts for any one community.
Will my electric bill rise?
No sourced figure yet for this state.
- In writing
- No modeled or measured estimate of the effect on household bills has been published for this state.
- What remains unknown
- The effect on household bills in most states.
- Who can answer
- Your state utility commission and your utility's rate cases.
- Ask
- Will data centers pay the full cost of the power lines and plants built for them? Where is that written in a rate order?
How much water will it use?
No sourced figure yet for this state.
- In writing
- No tracked project in this state has a published water figure in our sources.
- What remains unknown
- Water use for nearly every other project.
- Who can answer
- Your local water utility and county commission.
- Ask
- How much water will this project use each day? Where will it come from?
Will housing get more expensive?
No sourced figure yet for this state.
- In writing
- No public body we found tracks data center effects on local rents or land prices.
- What remains unknown
- Effects on local land prices, rents and housing.
- Who can answer
- Local land records and planning commission minutes.
- Ask
- Has anyone studied what this project will do to local rents and home prices?
What are taxpayers giving up?
No sourced figure yet for this state.
- In writing
- No signed incentive record for a project in this state is in our sources yet.
- What remains unknown
- The full public cost and the net tax revenue for most projects.
- Who can answer
- Your state economic development agency and county commission.
- Ask
- What tax breaks does this project get? What must it deliver in return?
What the agreements say
No signed incentive agreement for a project in this state is in our sources yet.
Your officials in Minnesota
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Show all serving officials (2 more)
Michelle Fischbach R
U.S. Representative · MN-7 · 6 sites represented
Not on record yet
Call 202-225-2165
Incoming in January 2027
Peggy Flanagan D
U.S. Senator-elect · 86 sites represented
QuoteParaphrase
"Communities get to call the shots. Minnesotans decide, when, where and if data centers get built." source
Matt Little D
U.S. Representative-elect · MN-2 · 14 sites represented
QuoteParaphrase
"I'll ensure that if data centers want to operate in Minnesota, they pay their full costs." source