How big is DataBank Brooklyn Park Data Center (MSP3 North Metro)?

The record has 2 measures of its size: 30 MW (the developer's figure) and 2 buildings (operator page, verified October 27, 2026). Its acreage is not disclosed.

Who is building DataBank Brooklyn Park Data Center (MSP3 North Metro)?

DataBank is the developer. No construction contractor is named on the record yet.

How much power and water does DataBank Brooklyn Park Data Center (MSP3 North Metro) say it needs?

Power: 30 MW (the developer's figure). Water: not disclosed by any source on file.

What has Brooklyn Park or Hennepin County decided about it?

Minneapolis (rated restrictive): The city council approved a temporary moratorium on data centers in most of the city (reported September 15, 2026); and Minneapolis: Minneapolis Planning Commission will meet October 13 to consider new zoning ordinances for possible future data centers (reported September 15, 2026). 7 events are on the county's rows; a rule about the area is not a decision about this record.

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DataBank Brooklyn Park Data Center (MSP3 North Metro)

Brooklyn Park, Hennepin County, MNDeveloper: DataBankCensus GEOID 27053

Stage: Running
Power: 30 MW; the developer's figure
Buildings: 2 buildings; operator page, verified October 27, 2026
Undisclosed in public filings: Land, Water

DataBank operates the MSP3 North Metro colocation data center campus at 8111 Oxbow Creek North in Brooklyn Park, Hennepin County, Minnesota. It is running; the record holds no sourced date for when it reached that stage.

How much water it would use and who would use it have not been disclosed.

1 hearing on the record, 2026

Last verified October 27, 2026 · 2 sources, 1 primary · Built from one source, not yet reviewed in depth by a person. · How to read this page

This record: Running, ringed
data center
Smaller pins: 26 other published records in Minnesota

Details

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parcel outline, from the county parcel record
city limits, U.S. Census Bureau, on a town level record
county boundary

The other pins are the published projects in the same state, each in its stage color. The imagery beneath is the USGS national orthoimagery, public domain, shown so the land around the site can be read.

How to read this page. Every fact links to the source it rests on; a number in brackets is its place in the source list. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed, and nothing is estimated. Where sources give different figures, each is shown with who gave it, and another source's figure never stands in for the record's own. Entries are added and never overwritten; corrections are listed under What happened.

What is known

Each figure as its source gave it. The number in brackets is its place in the source list.

Buildings: 2 buildings operator page, verified October 27, 2026
Power it would draw: 30 MW the developer's figure About 0 percent of New York City's summer peak demand in 2024.
Who leads it: DataBank as stated by the source
Undisclosed in public filings: Land, Water, Who would use it, Jobs once it runs, Tax each year

The math behind the comparison

DataBank Brooklyn Park Data Center (MSP3 North Metro), capacity: 30 MW.
New York City (NYISO Zone J) summer peak demand, actual, 2024: 10,245 MW (2024).
30 ÷ 10,245 = 0 (MW over MW).

Sources:

DataBank (opens in a new tab)
NYISO, 2025 Load and Capacity Data Report (Gold Book) (opens in a new tab), Table I-4a, Baseline Summer Non-Coincident Peak Demand, Historical and Forecast, page 26, Zone J, 2024 row (2024)

A comparison is arithmetic on two published rows and is never a new fact (how comparisons are made).

Every field, with who said it and when (Researcher view)

Impact figures

Field	Value	Who says so	Source	Last verified
How much power it needs	30 MW	the developer's figure	databank.com (opens in a new tab)	October 27, 2026
How much water it would use
How loud it would be
Jobs once it runs
Tax it would pay each year

The record's fields

Field	Value	Who says so	Source	Last verified
Who is building it	DataBank	as stated by the source		October 27, 2026
Who is constructing it
How much land
Buildings	2 buildings	operator page, verified October 27, 2026	databank.com (opens in a new tab)	October 27, 2026
Where its power comes from
Grid connection
How it is cooled

A blank value cell means not disclosed by any source on file; a blank basis cell means the source gave the figure without saying on what basis.

The developer's figure is what the company said; what a permit allows is the ceiling a permit sets; measured means observed. Water is in gallons a day or a year, whichever the source stated; a tax claim given as a range shows both ends, each linked to the source that gave it.

Still not public, and where it would show up

The record adds each the day a source gives it. Why these documents.

Water use A state water right filing or a water supply agreement.
Who would use it A lease announcement or a tenant named in a filing.
Jobs and tax An incentive agreement, a county's economic development filing or a fiscal note.

What was decided

Acts of Hennepin County and Brooklyn Park about data centers, on the record with their source. A rule about the area is not a decision about this record.

Date	Who	Decision	Source
Reported September 15, 2026	Minneapolis restrictive	The city council approved a temporary moratorium on data centers in most of the city	yahoo.com (opens in a new tab)
Reported September 15, 2026	Minneapolis restrictive	Minneapolis Planning Commission will meet October 13 to consider new zoning ordinances for possible future data centers	yahoo.com (opens in a new tab)
Reported September 11, 2026	Minneapolis restrictive	The Minneapolis City Council passed a six month ban on data centers larger than 350,000 square feet.	mprnews.org (opens in a new tab)
Reported September 11, 2026	Minneapolis restrictive	The six month freeze in Minneapolis does not apply to downtown data centers that occupy less than 350,000 square feet.	yahoo.com (opens in a new tab)
Reported September 11, 2026	Minneapolis restrictive	Minneapolis City Council passed a temporary freeze on new data center development in June 2026.	yahoo.com (opens in a new tab)
Reported August 20, 2026	Minneapolis restrictive	North Loop residents held community meeting over data center	cbsnews.com (opens in a new tab)

1 earlier decision on the county's rows

Date	Who	Decision	Source
Reported July 12, 2026	Minneapolis restrictive	Minneapolis City Council halts new data center developments until November	mndaily.com (opens in a new tab)

June 15, 2026 Minneapolis, MN Meta to build data center on former University of Minnesota land Minneapolis City Council 2clips

In Minneapolis, Hennepin County (MN), Minneapolis City Council and local residents debated municipal data center siting, utility infrastructure load, water consumption, and zoning rules during the June 15, 2026 session.

Minneapolis City Council Officials and Speakers Elected Official auto captions, unchecked
"CITY SUBURB, META, FACEBOOK'S COMPANY, IS COMING TO ROSEMOUNT PLANNING TO BUILD A DATA CENTER ALONG COUNTY ROAD 42 THAT IS JUST EAST OF DAKOTA COUNTY TECHNICAL COLLEGE. WCCO'S KRISTEN MITCHELL WAS AT THE ANNOUNCEMENT THIS MORNING AND HAS MORE . HI, KIRSTEN. >> Reporter: OFFICIALS ARE CALLING THIS $800 MILLION INVESTMENT A SIGNIFICANT WIN FOR ROSEMOUNT AND THE BROADER COMMUNITY. THIS PLOT OF LAND"
Resident public comment Resident Public Comment auto captions, unchecked
"GROW BUSINESSES. THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN UNDER WRAPS FOR YEARS, EVEN HAD A CODING CALLED PROJECT BIGFOOT HAD SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS EXPRESS CONCERNS ABOUT THE SECRECY OF THIS PROJECT AS WELL AS THE DATA CENTER'S IMPACT ON NOISE, ENVIRONMENT, AND ELECTRICAL USAGE. EXPERTS SAY THEY LOOKED AT OTHER DATA CENTERS AND ARE WORKING WITH EXCEL TO MAKE SURE"

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What happened

November 20, 2020 · Status: being built (content date)

DataBank broke ground on an 86,000 square foot data center in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, its third facility in the state.

[2] bizjournals.com

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The site

The pin is the site's address.

The site map is at the top of the page.

Where: 8111 Oxbow Creek North, Brooklyn Park, MN 55445, Brooklyn Park, Hennepin County, Minnesota [source] (opens in a new tab)
How exactly it is located: Exact, at the address
The parcel: No parcel outline in the public record
Nearest homes: Not computed for a record placed at a place center
Nearest records: Former Star Tribune Printing Plant Data Center, 13 mi
Atomic Data Minneapolis Data Center (MSP250), 13 mi
TriTech Center Carrier Hotel Minneapolis, 13 mi
HB Fuller Co, Data Center, Arden Hills, 13 mi
T5 Data Centers Minneapolis (T5@Minneapolis), 13 mi
By the straight line between two exact points.

USGS NAIP aerial view of DataBank Brooklyn Park Data Center (MSP3 North Metro) — LAT 45.14362 / LON -93.38580 Imagery: U.S. Geological Survey / USDA NAIP (Public Domain)

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Questions about this project

5 questions answered from the record

Answered from the rows on this page.

How big is DataBank Brooklyn Park Data Center (MSP3 North Metro)?: The record has 2 measures of its size: 30 MW (the developer's figure, databank.com (opens in a new tab)) and 2 buildings (operator page, verified October 27, 2026, databank.com (opens in a new tab)). Its acreage is not disclosed.
Who is building DataBank Brooklyn Park Data Center (MSP3 North Metro)?: DataBank is the developer. No construction contractor is named on the record yet.
How much power and water does DataBank Brooklyn Park Data Center (MSP3 North Metro) say it needs?: Power: 30 MW (the developer's figure, databank.com (opens in a new tab)). Water: not disclosed by any source on file.
Where does DataBank Brooklyn Park Data Center (MSP3 North Metro) stand today?: It is running; the date it reached that stage is not sourced, only the day a page was read. The newest entry, November 20, 2020: DataBank broke ground on an 86,000 square foot data center in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, its third facility in the state. [2]
What has Brooklyn Park or Hennepin County decided about it?: Minneapolis (rated restrictive): The city council approved a temporary moratorium on data centers in most of the city (reported September 15, 2026, yahoo.com (opens in a new tab)); and Minneapolis: Minneapolis Planning Commission will meet October 13 to consider new zoning ordinances for possible future data centers (reported September 15, 2026, yahoo.com (opens in a new tab)). 7 events are on the county's rows; a rule about the area is not a decision about this record.

Sources

Primary documents first: filings, minutes, dockets and official pages. Then reporting. The numbers are the ones the entries above cite.

Primary documents

EPA ECHO detailed facility report: Databank MSP3 (opens in a new tab), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Reporting

DataBank breaks ground on 86,000-square-foot data center in Brooklyn Park, its third in Minnesota - The Business Journals (opens in a new tab), The Business Journals, November 20, 2020, query feed

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Last verified October 27, 2026

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