The data center fight in Rosemount, Minnesota
As of September 27, 2026, Rosemount, Minnesota has a data center moratorium in force (action taken Apr 21, 2026; documented end date 2027-04-21).
Status is derived, not stored — a pause with a documented end date flips to Expired on its own — and the source is right next to the claim.
Status today
Unanimous one-year moratorium (Ordinance No. 2026-03); existing Meta data center unaffected.
SourceOfficial
read 2026-09-11
An expiry date is the earliest a pause could have ended — extensions are common, so confirm with the clerk before citing it.
The project on the table
Meta Rosemount — Under construction
Operator: Meta · Owner: Meta · Size: 178 MW
Chip types: B200. Epoch AI estimates ~178 MW.
Next: Under construction — pull the approved conditions and permits and hold the builder to them; an expansion or a new building reopens the record.
Latest in the record
- 2026-07-02 — InForum reported that Minnesota's first hyperscale data center is nearing completion in Rosemount. · source
- 2026-04-30 — Rosemount halted new data center proposals with a moratorium, pausing discussion of additional facilities beyond Meta's already-approved project. · source
- 2026-03-30 — Meta and Amrize deployed an AI-optimized concrete mix (BOxCrete) for the Rosemount data center foundation, achieving full structural strength 43% faster and reducing cracking risk by nearly 10%; the mix was qualified for additional areas of the facility. · source
- 2025-10-17 — Meta acquired another 14-acre plot off Blaine Avenue East near 145th Street in Rosemount for $5 million via subsidiary Jimnist, bringing total known land holdings to at least 494 acres. · source
- 2025-02-18 — Meta purchased approximately 200 additional acres of land near its Rosemount data center site for $70 million, expanding beyond the original 280-acre UMore Park parcel. · source
- 2024-03-14 — Meta officially announced its Rosemount data center: a 715,000-sq-ft, $800+ million facility optimized for AI workloads, targeting LEED Gold certification, 100% renewable energy, approximately 100 permanent jobs and over 1,000 peak construction jobs, with Mortenson as general contractor. · source
Full dated timeline on the project tracker.
Source. Read 2026-08-14.
What to do next
- Questions to ask at the hearing — force specific answers onto the record.
- Estimate the impact — electricity, water, and rate pressure for any facility size in Minnesota.
- Model CBA clauses — copy-paste language communities have actually won.
- Minnesota briefing — rates, grid carbon, PUC contacts, and every fight in the state.
Nearby in Minnesota
- Apple Valley (4 mi) — Enactedexpires 2027-07-09
- Eagan (5 mi) — Enactedexpires 2027-02-17
- Inver Grove Heights (9 mi) — Enactedexpires 2027-06-26
- Hastings (14 mi) — Enactedexpires 2027-08-17
- Minneapolis (18 mi) — Enactedexpires soon — 2026-11-21
- Washington County (24 mi) — Enactedfixed term, end date not recorded
- Carver (25 mi) — Enactedexpires 2027-04-06
- Minnetrista (32 mi) — Enactedexpires 2027-08-03
All 18 tracked actions in Minnesota are on the state page.
As of August 2026 · changes weekly — re-check before citing
Illustrative rather than exhaustive — dozens of localities churn weekly, and this tracks the ones we have read a source for. **Each row carries its own provenance.** Rows showing a verification date link to the ordinance, the enacting body's own page, or a datable report of the vote, and were read on that date. Rows marked *unverified* came from bulk compilation and have not been checked against a primary source — the locality, the year, and the status may all be off. Verify one of those with the town clerk before citing it as precedent. **Expiry is derived, not asserted.** A row with a documented end date flips to *Expired* on its own once that date passes. A time-limited moratorium whose start date was never documented keeps showing as enacted — that is a known gap, not a claim that it is still in force. Moratoriums are also routinely extended, so an expiry date is the earliest it could have ended, not proof that it did.
Part of the U.S. data center moratorium tracker — open data, CC BY 4.0.