Minnesota: data centers & your electric bill
The numbers residents cite at hearings — grid, water, and regulator contacts for Minnesota, from the free GridWatch toolkit.
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As of July 2026 · changes over months · Source: U.S. Data Center Power Map by State — ElectricChoice.com compilation (updated July 2026; CC-BY 4.0). Underlying load research: LBNL 2024 US Data Center Energy Usage Report; rates: EIA
Facility counts vary by directory because each one draws the boundary differently — DataCenterMap lists 44 in Alabama where this table says 35, since it counts small network rooms alongside hyperscale campuses. Cite the TWh figure rather than the facility count when you can; it is the number that speaks to grid impact. Underlying load research is LBNL-2001637 (Dec 2024).
Your regulator
Minnesota Public Utilities Commission — website · file a complaint
Official state energy data: EIA Minnesota electricity profile — generation, prices, and consumption from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Pushback already happening in Minnesota
| Where | Level | Status | Note | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minneapolis | Local | Enactedexpires 2026-11-21 | 6-month interim ordinance; facilities over 350,000 sq ft, downtown exempt | Source read 2026-08-04 |
| Inver Grove Heights | Local | Enactedexpires 2027-06-26 | 1-year moratorium, 3-2; freezes a proposed 55,000 sq ft / 5 MW project while staff study zoning, water and noise impacts. Developer QLevr has threatened a \$150M lawsuit | Source read 2026-08-13 |
| Minneapolis | Local | Enactedexpires 2026-11-21 | 6-month moratorium on data centers >350,000 sq ft, 8-5. Downtown core exempt. Zoning ordinance updates and environmental impact report due during the pause | Source read 2026-08-13 |
| Eagan | Local | Enactedexpires 2027-02-17 | 1-year moratorium on data centers >20 MW or within 500 ft of residential, first MN city to pause. Under legal challenge — developer filed suit Jun 15 alleging city lacks authority to regulate electricity demand | Source read 2026-08-13 |
| Carver | Local | Enactedexpires 2027-04-06 | 1-year moratorium, unanimous. Proactive — no pending data center project at time of vote | Source read 2026-08-13 |
| Wright County | Local | Enactedexpires 2027-05-19 | Emergency 1-year moratorium (Ord. 26-2), unanimous. Applies to unincorporated areas only. Moratorium Workgroup formed Jun 16 to evaluate environmental, fiscal, infrastructure, and land use considerations | Source read 2026-08-13 |
| Washington County | Local | Enacted | 1-year moratorium on new data center applications in unincorporated areas, 4-1. Extended from originally proposed 6-month pause | Source read 2026-08-13 |
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.
Known data center campuses in Minnesota
| Operator | Location | Tenant | Filing LLC |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meta | Rosemount | Meta | Codename shells: Greater Kudu, Raven Northbrook, Stadion, Wobniar, Pinnacle Mountain |
⏳ No verification date recorded · changes over months · Source: Operator ownership & filing-LLC naming patterns — compiled from operator releases and county filings, then checked against SEC EDGAR full-text search. Composite, not a single citation: look the entity up yourself before naming it in a filing
Each row carries its own attribution level — first-party rows come from the operator's own site, but colocation and REIT ownership was compiled from trade press and never passed an independent fact-check. Check the attribution column before citing a row.
Every data center already built in Minnesota
The campuses above are the ones GridWatch tracks by operator and filing LLC. For the full inventory — street addresses of every existing facility, including the smaller colocation and network sites — DataCenterMap keeps a public directory for Minnesota.
Browse the Minnesota directory →
Two caveats before you cite it at a hearing: it lists facilities that already exist, so a newly proposed campus will not appear; and it counts a small network room the same as a hyperscale campus, so the facility count is not a measure of power draw or community impact.
Latest Minnesota data center news
No Minnesota data-center headlines in this week's national scan — local coverage often runs ahead of it.
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State municipal league: League of Minnesota Cities
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