Minnesota has quietly provided more than $1 billion in tax breaks to data centers over the past decade, subsidizing everything from computer equipment and software to electricity and cooling systems. The tax incentive, originally created to attract and grow the data…
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Members of the public interested in learning more about a specific policy, study or another type of data living somewhere in the information technology catacombs of City Hall submitted roughly 22,000 data requests to the city of St. Paul in 2024 and…
At least 42 people spoke at Friday’s special hearing of the City of Bloomington planning commission that sought public input on potential data center regulations, with cheers and applause backing commenters’ demands for outright bans. WGLT reported the set of proposed…
The Minneapolis City Planning Commission, a 10-member body of elected officials that advises the City Council on land use, advanced regulations on Oct. 13 that would rein in the size, noise and geographic reach of data centers within city limits. The…
Big tech’s giant data center proposals have touched raw nerves in several Minnesota towns, sparking firestorms of criticism aimed at local government leaders, some of whom signed non-disclosure agreements to keep project details secret until after elected officials approved the…
(ABC 6 News) — As Minnesota’s data center industry expands, questions are growing about how new developments could affect farmland, electricity costs and rural communities. Voters took those questions directly to candidates on this year’s ballot during a forum hosted by the…
MINNEAPOLIS — The Minneapolis City Planning Commission on Tuesday night approved a proposal to change the city’s zoning code to regulate data centers. The proposal limits where centers can operate, restricts their size and sets requirements to reduce noise and other…
The City of Bloomington has released its draft regulations for data center projects in the city. The regulations will be discussed at two Planning Commission public hearings on Oct. 16 and Nov. 16, at 4 p.m., both at the Bloomington Center for the Performing…
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) -- The city of Bloomington has released proposed data center regulations following months of community input. This comes after months of community engagement, public forums and research into regulations adopted by other Illinois communities, including Aurora and McLean County.
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