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Data centers in Farmington, Minnesota

Farmington has 1 data center on the record; it is proposed. No city rule about data centers is on the record for Farmington yet. Dakota County's own decisions are on the Dakota County page.

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The data center in Farmington

Every Farmington record 1 record · blank cell: not disclosed · sort by any column

Facility and countyStageOperatorPower (MW)Latest entry
Tract Farmington Technology Park Farmington, Dakota County Proposed Tract Tract plans a second Minnesota data center park outside Minneapolis with estimated water usage of nearly 2.4 million gallons daily at peak use. farmingtonmn.gov query feed January 8, 2025

A blank cell means not disclosed by any source on file. Power is the developer's figure or a permit's, each linked on the record.

RecordPlaceStageOperatorMWBasisLocatedTierVerified
Tract Farmington Technology Park Farmington, Dakota Proposed Tract site 1 2026-10-27

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What Farmington has decided

September 29, 2026 Farmington, MN Farmington residents share concerns about proposed data center Farmington City Council 3clips

The Farmington City Council held a special meeting on September 29, 2026 to review municipal data center zoning ordinances, noise limits, and water usage conditions following community pushback and litigation over the Tract hyperscale campus.

  1. Farmington City Council Applicant and Economic Development Presentation Developer Representative transcribed from the official recording
    "proposed 2 and a.5 million square foot data center is playing out. That's about the size of Terminal One at MSP airport. The scale of the project is so big that the term data center doesn't even apply. It is being called a hyperscale data center. As Jonah Kaplan reports, the case could set a precedent for nearly a dozen other projects across Minnesota."
  2. Farmington City Council Official Deliberation Elected Official transcribed from the official recording
    "remote computer servers in buildings called data centers. Tracked a Denver based development company wants to build a massive technology park to house servers in this space. An abandoned golf course in Farmington and the open fields next to it. Land that was once planned for a new school. >> You're literally in your backyard. >> Yep. There's three flags out there at 250 ft from our house. That's or from the property line. That's where the"
  3. Resident public comment Resident Public Comment transcribed from the official recording
    ">> Yep. I don't even have to get to the data center being here. For SHler's neighbors, the issues go deeper. The city of Farmington approved the project after annexing the land from Castle Rock Township and reszoning it. But Castle Rock residents, including Shhatler, sued because they claim the annexing agreement prohibits the city from changing the zoning without their consent >> if it's not adjacent. >> Kathy Johnson and Mo Fashami also live"
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Said and filed

Said and filed

Statements and filings, side by side

Statement and primary filing Farmington, MN Hearing Record → Project Dossier: tract-farmington-data-center-park-mn →
Zoning Noise Water Litigation
Column A · Dated Statement
Tract Capital Management & Farmington City Council Majority Developer & Municipal Governing Body
Venue: Farmington Alternative Urban Areawide Review Approval
"Approved the environmental review and initial zoning pathway for the multi billion dollar Tract hyperscale data center campus, asserting existing conditions protected nearby homes."
Column B · Primary Government Record
Dakota County Environmental Litigation & Farmington Special Council Session on Data Center Ordinances
Farmington City Council Special Session (Sept 29, 2026)
Agency or Venue: Farmington City Council & Dakota County District Court
"Following resident litigation challenging the environmental review and groundwater draw, the Farmington City Council convened a special session on September 29, 2026 to overhaul municipal data center noise, setback, and zoning ordinances."
Primary Record / Docket Source ↗
Farmington City Council Special Session
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The rules across Minnesota

What happened

  1. farmingtonmn.gov query feed

Minnesota, year by year

The county and nearby counties

The county Dakota County: its decisions and every record in it.
23 miles away Scott County: 1 data center on the record.
24 miles away Ramsey County: 1 data center on the record.
25 miles away Goodhue County: 1 data center on the record.
30 miles away Hennepin County: 9 data centers on the record. A pause is on the record.

Distances run between the centers the Census Bureau gives each place. Every Minnesota county.

Disclosed figures

nothing disclosed by 1 record

Power, water, jobs and tax, summed only where a data center disclosed the figure; what each facility is for; how each is cooled. Nothing here is estimated.

Power, water, jobs and tax

FigureDisclosed totalDisclosedWithout a figureBasis
Power01
Water, stated per day01
Water, stated per year01
Permanent jobs01
Tax each year01

A blank total means no record disclosed the figure; the count without one says how many.

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

UseRecordsPowerWaterJobsTax each year
No stated use1

A blank cell means no record with that use disclosed the figure.

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 1 tracked facility in Farmington is for.

How the facilities are cooled

No source on file states how any of the 1 tracked facility in Farmington is cooled.

About this data

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Figures Only what a source states, with its basis. Nothing is estimated, and a figure no source gives reads not disclosed.
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2720618
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Incorporated place, Farmington city
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Researcher view · Farmington, Dakota County, Minnesota · 1 record, 0 rule rows · Census GEOID 2720618 · basis and source tier on every row · verified October 27, 2026

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