DATA CENTER SERIES: The Impact on Minnesota Waters

By: Diane Meyer

Outlets: Minnesota Women's Press

Published: October 25, 2025

Words: 2,262

Last Updated: 2 months, 1 week ago

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Water experts explain their worries about hyperscale data centers

Minnesota is poised on the brink of a precedent-setting situation as it comes to the future of the state’s water. A hyperscale data center is currently in construction in Rosemount, and projects are in various stages of approval in cities such as Apple Valley, Cannon Falls, Farmington, Hermantown, Lakeville, and Pine Island. There have been few protections in place so far about how the state chooses …

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