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Data centers in Rice County, Minnesota

No data center in Rice County is on the record yet; the page exists because the county has a scorecard row. No county rule about data centers is on the record for Rice 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: Lonsdale passes one year moratorium on data center construction (Lonsdale), September 16, 2026.

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No data center in Rice County yet

No data center is on the record in Rice County yet. The first published record in Rice County puts it on the map and in the list here.

The cities in Rice County on the record (1)

1 of 1 city has a record. A city without one is listed, not linked, until its first published record.

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Lonsdale01

What Rice 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 behind its toggle, newest first, with its source.

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  1. Lonsdalecity

    Lonsdale passes one year moratorium on data center construction, reported September 16, 2026.

    southernminn.com local outlet

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    1 act on this row
    1. moratorium adopted

      Lonsdale passes one year moratorium on data center construction

      southernminn.com local outlet

    Last verified September 16, 2026.

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What happened

  1. · Lonsdale

    Moratorium adopted: Lonsdale passes one year moratorium on data center construction southernminn.com local outlet

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Nearby counties with records

25 miles away Dakota County 2 data centers on the record · pause on the record 29 miles away Goodhue County 1 data center on the record 46 miles away Hennepin County 6 data centers on the record · pause on the record 80 miles away Sherburne County 1 data center on the record

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Data Center Record, "Data centers in Rice County, Minnesota", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/mn/rice-county, updated September 16, 2026.

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