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Minnesota ‘a very distant last place’ for data center developers

November 17, 2025 by Sarah Montalbano

The Star Tribune reported this weekend about several data center projects that have pulled out of Minnesota thanks to “the state’s lengthy permitting process.” From the article: A company has…

November 17, 2025 by Sarah Montalbano

Energy & Environment

Amazon leaves Becker in the lurch with loss of data center

September 9, 2025 by Sarah Montalbano

Today, the Minnesota Star Tribune’s Walker Orenstein published an assessment of the challenges facing Becker after Amazon abandoned its planned data center: For now, the land will remain vacant. In…

September 9, 2025 by Sarah Montalbano

Energy & Environment

Questions swirl around Xcel/Amazon land deal in Becker

January 18, 2025 by Bill Glahn

The Minnesota Star Tribune headline sums it up: Xcel said a nearly $8M land sale was a good deal for ratepayers. The buyer flipped the land to Amazon for $73M.…

January 18, 2025 by Bill Glahn