Data centers in Emmet County, Iowa
No data center in Emmet County is on the record. The nearest one planned is Mountain Lake Data Center in Minnesota, about 40 miles away, reported. The nearest running is TierPoint Sioux Falls in South Dakota, about 104 miles away.
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The closest data centers to Emmet County
The nearest data center planned, the nearest running, and any stalled or cancelled within 50 miles, in Iowa and the states that border it. Each distance is a straight line between the two points it names.
- Nearest one planned
Mountain Lake Data Center
Mountain Lake, Cottonwood County
No dated entry on the record yet.
About 40 miles from the center of Emmet County to Windom, the seat of Cottonwood County.
- Nearest one running
TierPoint Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County · TierPoint
No dated entry on the record yet.
About 104 miles from the center of Emmet County to the center of Sioux Falls.
What Emmet County has decided 1 body, 1 decision on the record
What the county and the cities in it have done about data centers: each body on its own row with its rating, open, case by case, restrictive or closed, never good or bad, and every vote, ordinance, moratorium or agreement one tap away, newest first, with its source.
| Body | Level | Rating | In force until | Latest act | Acts | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emmet County | county | not rated | Emmet County approved a one year data center moratorium. ktiv.com (opens in a new tab) local outlet Reported Aug 251 act on this rowEvery act on the Emmet County row
| 1 | 2026-08-26 |
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What happened
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Moratorium adoptedEmmet County
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Nearby places with records
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Questions about Emmet County
Is there a data center near Emmet County?
No data center in Emmet County is on the record. The nearest one planned is Mountain Lake Data Center in Minnesota, about 40 miles from the center of Emmet County to Windom, the seat of Cottonwood County, reported. The nearest running is TierPoint Sioux Falls in South Dakota, about 104 miles from the center of Emmet County to the center of Sioux Falls.
answered from the rows aboveIs Emmet County allowing new data centers?
Emmet County has a scorecard row with no rating yet, and a pause on new data centers is on the record. The pause on the record: Emmet County approved a one year data center moratorium, reported August 25, 2026.
answered from the rows aboveAbout this data
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Data Center Record, "Data center records in Emmet County, Iowa", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/ia/emmet-county. Data: Data Center Record, datacenterrecord.org, CC BY-NC 4.0.
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For researchers
- Level
- county
- Census GEOID
- 19063
- Census geography
- County, Emmet County
- Rating
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