Jason Kuboushek
City attorney cited legal risk of 20 million dollars in damages if the city lost a lawsuit over the moratorium
Inver Grove Heights Data Center
A data center project in Inver Grove Heights is subject to a lawsuit that could cost taxpayers millions, and a moratorium on data centers was delayed at a contentious city meeting. It is reported, as reported September 15, 2026.
How much power it needs, how much water it would use and who would use it have not been disclosed.
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.
- Land
- Not disclosed
- Power it would draw
- Not disclosed
- Water
- Not disclosed
- Who leads it
- Not disclosed
- Who would use it
- Not disclosed
- Jobs once it runs
- Not disclosed
- Tax each year
- Not disclosed
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 | Not disclosed | |||
| How much water it would use | Not disclosed | |||
| How loud it would be | Not disclosed | |||
| Jobs once it runs | Not disclosed | |||
| Tax it would pay each year | Not disclosed |
The record's fields
| Field | Value | Who says so | Source | Last verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who is building it | Not disclosed | |||
| Who is constructing it | Not disclosed | |||
| How much land | Not disclosed | |||
| Where its power comes from | Not disclosed | |||
| Grid connection | Not disclosed | |||
| How it is cooled | Not disclosed |
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 useA state water right filing or a water supply agreement.
- Who would use itA lease announcement or a tenant named in a filing.
- Power the campus would drawA utility or public service commission docket, an interconnection filing, or an air permit for an on site plant.
- Who is behind itA land record, a zoning application or a company's own announcement.
- Jobs and taxAn incentive agreement, a county's economic development filing or a fiscal note.
What was decided
Acts of Dakota County and Inver Grove Heights 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inver Grove Heights | QLevr filed lawsuit in Dakota County District Court in July 2026 | mprnews.org | |
| Inver Grove Heights | One year moratorium approved in June 2026 | mprnews.org | |
| Inver Grove Heights | Proposed 55,000 square foot data center on Carmen Avenue East exempted from one year moratorium on September 15, 2026 | mprnews.org | |
| Inver Grove Heights | One year moratorium on data center construction approved in June 2026 | cbsnews.com | |
| Inver Grove Heights | City Council approves moratorium carve out for QLevr LLC data center on Carmen Avenue East on September 15, 2026 | cbsnews.com | |
| Inver Grove Heights | Inver Grove Heights made an exception to their moratorium on data centers to avoid multi million dollar lawsuit | audacy.com |
3 earlier decisions on the county's rows
| Date | Who | Decision | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inver Grove Heights | City council voted 3-1 to approve QLevr LLC's project carving it out of the moratorium | cbsnews.com | |
| Inver Grove Heights | Inver Grove Heights passed a pause on data centers | cbsnews.com | |
| Inver Grove Heights | Inver Grove Heights held a data center vote | kare11.com |
What happened
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(source date; the content gives no date of its own)
Site plan application scheduled for consideration later in September 2026 [3]
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· Status: rumored (source date; the content gives no date of its own)
Council to vote on major site plan on September 28, 2026 [2]
The full Inver Grove Heights Data Center timeline, in order
3 corrections to this record
Every correction, with its reason
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· the site acres of a projects row
The site read 55,000 acres. The source's figure was 55,000 square feet, a floor area, and the approval wrote it as acres. Returned to not disclosed, as it was before. The old and new text.
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· the kind of source of a history entry
The source was labeled with the Google News search that found it; it now carries its outlet's tier (the record's rules of 2026-09-23). The link did not change. The day's label corrections.
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· the kind of source of a history entry
The source was labeled with the Google News search that found it; it now carries its outlet's tier (the record's rules of 2026-09-23). The link did not change. The day's label corrections.
Every correction on the record is on the corrections page.
What was said
Tony Scales, Council Member, votes for exemption after supporting initial moratorium
City attorney Jason Kuboushek estimates legal risk to city at minimum $20 million, potentially $150 million
Every statement about data centers in Minnesota, by speaker
2 more statements on this page
legal team
QLevr LLC threatens lawsuit claiming up to $150 million in damages
The site
Where in Dakota County is not in the public record. The pin marks the county seat, not a building, and the outline is the county.
Tap a pin for the data center, the parcel for its record
- This record: Proposed, ringed
- data center
- Dashed edge: the exact site is not in the public record
- Smaller pins: 12 other published records in Minnesota
Details
- this record's location, ringed
- 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.
- Where
- Inver Grove Heights, Dakota County, Minnesota
- How exactly it is located
- County level, the county seat
- The parcel
- No parcel outline in the public record
- Nearest homes
- Not computed for a record placed at a place center
- Nearest records
- Nearest records are not computed for a record placed at a county seat.
Questions about this project
4 questions answered from the record
Who is building Inver Grove Heights Data Center?
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Not disclosed. No source on file names the developer. The sources read for this record are listed under Sources.
How much power and water does Inver Grove Heights Data Center say it needs?
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Power: not disclosed by any source on file. Water: not disclosed by any source on file.
Where does Inver Grove Heights Data Center stand today?
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It is reported, as reported September 15, 2026. The newest entry, reported September 15, 2026: Site plan application scheduled for consideration later in September 2026 [3].
What has Inver Grove Heights or Dakota County decided about it?
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Inver Grove Heights: QLevr filed lawsuit in Dakota County District Court in July 2026 (reported September 15, 2026, source); and Inver Grove Heights: One year moratorium approved in June 2026 (reported September 15, 2026, source). 9 events are on the county's rows; a rule about the area is not a decision about this record.
Sources
Reporting
- Inver Grove Heights meeting erupts into shouts after data center moratorium delayed - MPR News, MPR News, June 23, 2026, local outlet
- Inver Grove Heights City Council approves moratorium carve out for proposed data center - The Mighty 790 KFGO, The Mighty 790 KFGO, September 15, 2026, local outlet
- Inver Grove Heights exempts data center project from city moratorium - MPR News, MPR News, September 15, 2026, local outlet
- Inver Grove Heights City Council Approves Moratorium Carve-Out For Proposed Data Center - Patch, Patch, September 15, 2026, local outlet
- Data center lawsuit could cost Inver Grove Heights taxpayers millions; path to avoid it moves forward - kstp.com, kstp.com, August 10, 2026, local outlet
5 sources on file.
Cite this record
Data Center Record, "Inver Grove Heights Data Center", https://datacenterrecord.org/projects/inver-grove-heights-data-center-mn, last verified September 25, 2026.
Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Inver Grove Heights Data Center", https://datacenterrecord.org/projects/inver-grove-heights-data-center-mn. Data: Data Center Record, datacenterrecord.org, CC BY 4.0.
The structured rows are CC BY 4.0. Link to this page; that is what turns a reuse into a citation. Prose stays under copyright.
For researchers
- Slug
- inver-grove-heights-data-center-mn
- Status value
- rumored
- Stage
- Proposed
- Tier
- skeleton
- Tags
- skeleton
- Place id
- us/mn/dakota-county/inver-grove-heights
- Coordinates
- 44.73525, -92.85265
- Location precision
- county
- Location source
- County seat (Hastings), Wikidata, placed at county level
- Coordinate source
- wikidata county seat
- Location source number
- Not disclosed
- Location last verified
- September 16, 2026
- EPA registry id
- Not disclosed
- Use type values
- not_disclosed
- Tenancy value
- not_disclosed
- Cooling type value
- not_disclosed
- Capacity basis
- not_disclosed
- Water basis
- not_disclosed, gallons_per_day
- Acreage basis
- Not disclosed
- Interconnection value
- not_disclosed
- Capacity, if disclosed
- Not disclosed
- Rating of the county's rows
- Not disclosed
- Published
- 2026-09-05
- Last verified
- 2026-09-25