Jason Kuboushek
City attorney cited legal risk of 20 million dollars in damages if the city lost a lawsuit over the moratorium
Data centers in Dakota County, Minnesota
Dakota County has 2 data centers on the record: 1 running and 1 proposed. No county rule about data centers is on the record for Dakota County itself; 1 body inside it has a scorecard row, and a pause on new data centers is on the record. The latest decision on the record: QLevr filed lawsuit in Dakota County District Court in July 2026 (Inver Grove Heights), September 15, 2026.
How to read this page. Every count comes from the records on this page and links to where it is counted. Nothing is published until a person reads its source, and a figure no source gives reads Not disclosed; nothing is estimated. A rating changes only when a person sets it.
The 2 data centers in Dakota County
Newest activity firstEach row is one site with its stage, its latest dated entry and what its sources disclose. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed.
Inver Grove Heights Data Center
Inver Grove Heights, Dakota County
Latest, reported September 15, 2026: Site plan application scheduled for consideration later in September 2026 mprnews.org local outlet
- Land
- Not disclosed
- Power
- Not disclosed
- Water
- Not disclosed
- Tenant
- Not disclosed
Meta Rosemount Data Center
Rosemount, Dakota County · Meta
Latest, July 16, 2025: Meta deployed AI designed sustainable concrete at its data center construction site in Rosemount, Minnesota engineering.fb.com local outlet
- Land
- Not disclosed
- Power
- Not disclosed
- Water
- Not disclosed
- Tenant
- Not disclosed
Where
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2 data centers in Dakota County: 1 running, 1 proposed. A dashed edge means the exact site is not in the public record (1 of 2).
The cities in Dakota County on the record (2)
| City | Projects | Rules |
|---|---|---|
| Inver Grove Heights | 1 | 1 |
| Rosemount | 1 | 0 |
What Dakota County has decided
1 body, 7 decisions on the recordWhat 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 behind its toggle, newest first, with its source.
Reported: the source's date; the item names no day of its own. A month with no day: the source names the month and not the day.
Proposed 55,000 square foot data center on Carmen Avenue East exempted from one year moratorium on September 15, 2026, September 15, 2026.
7 acts on this row
- moratorium
Proposed 55,000 square foot data center on Carmen Avenue East exempted from one year moratorium on September 15, 2026
- moratorium
City Council approves moratorium carve out for QLevr LLC data center on Carmen Avenue East on September 15, 2026
- moratorium
Inver Grove Heights made an exception to their moratorium on data centers to avoid multi million dollar lawsuit
- moratorium adopted
Inver Grove Heights passed a pause on data centers
- litigation
QLevr filed lawsuit in Dakota County District Court in July 2026
- event
Inver Grove Heights held a data center vote
- moratorium adopted
One year moratorium on data center construction approved in June 2026
Also reported by 1 source
- mprnews.org local outlet
- moratorium
What happened
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· Inver Grove Heights
Moratorium: Proposed 55,000 square foot data center on Carmen Avenue East exempted from one year moratorium on September 15, 2026 mprnews.org local outlet
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· Inver Grove Heights
Moratorium: City Council approves moratorium carve out for QLevr LLC data center on Carmen Avenue East on September 15, 2026 cbsnews.com national outlet
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· Inver Grove Heights
Moratorium: Inver Grove Heights made an exception to their moratorium on data centers to avoid multi million dollar lawsuit audacy.com local outlet
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· Inver Grove Heights
Moratorium adopted: Inver Grove Heights passed a pause on data centers cbsnews.com national outlet
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· Inver Grove Heights Data Center
Now reported: Council to vote on major site plan on September 28, 2026 cbsnews.com national outlet
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· Inver Grove Heights
Litigation: QLevr filed lawsuit in Dakota County District Court in July 2026 mprnews.org local outlet
What was said
Sen. Erin Maye Quade said the federal Ratepayer Protection Act is a great first start but does not account for heat islands, water, noise or light pollution
City attorney Jason Kuboushek estimates legal risk to city at minimum $20 million, potentially $150 million
Tony Scales, Council Member, votes for exemption after supporting initial moratorium
Every Minnesota statement, by speaker
2 more statements on this page
legal team
QLevr LLC threatens lawsuit claiming up to $150 million in damages
Disclosed figures
nothing disclosed by 2 records
Power, water, jobs and tax
| Figure | Disclosed total | Disclosed | Not disclosed | Basis | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power | Not disclosed | 0 | 2 | Not disclosed by any of the 2 records | |
| Water, stated per day | Not disclosed | 0 | 2 | Not disclosed by any of the 2 records | |
| Water, stated per year | Not disclosed | 0 | 2 | Not disclosed by any of the 2 records | |
| Permanent jobs | Not disclosed | 0 | 2 | Not disclosed by any of the 2 records | |
| Tax each year | Not disclosed | 0 | 2 | Not disclosed by any of the 2 records |
Summed only where a record disclosed the figure; a record with no figure adds nothing and is counted as not disclosed. Water is summed per day and per year separately, as the sources stated it, and never converted. A tax claim given as a range is summed at both ends.
By what the facilities are for
| Use | Records | Power | Water | Jobs | Tax each year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not disclosed | 2 | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed: power, water, jobs, tax each year |
A record that lists several uses counts once under each. Each cell is the sum over the records with that use, disclosed rows only.
What the facilities are for
No source on file states what any of the 2 tracked facilities in Dakota County are for.
How the facilities are cooled
No source on file states how any of the 2 tracked facilities in Dakota County are cooled.
Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Data centers in Dakota County, Minnesota", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/mn/dakota-county, updated October 4, 2026.
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Data Center Record, "Data center records in Dakota County, Minnesota", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/mn/dakota-county. Data: Data Center Record, datacenterrecord.org, CC BY 4.0.
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