Andrea Zupancich, Republican candidate for Minnesota state Senate
Grant Hauschild as part of Senate Tax Committee greenlit bills giving tax breaks to data centers
Data centers in Hermantown, Minnesota
Hermantown has 1 data center on the record; it is proposed. No city rule about data centers is on the record for Hermantown yet. St. Louis County's own decisions are on the St. Louis County page.
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The data center in Hermantown
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Google Hermantown Data Center
Hermantown, St. Louis County · Google
Latest, reported September 3, 2026: In March, Minnesota Power signed an agreement with Google to supply power to the proposed Hermantown data center. enr.com local outlet
- Land
- Not disclosed
- Power
- Not disclosed
- Water
- Not disclosed
- Tenant
- Not disclosed
Where
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1 data center in Hermantown: proposed. A dashed edge means the exact site is not in the public record; every pin here marks a town or the county.
What happened
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· Google Hermantown Data Center
Now proposed: Minnesota Power has broken ground on a $450 million North Dakota high voltage direct current transmission modernization project enr.com local outlet
What was said
Scott Jensen, Republican candidate for Minnesota State Auditor, warned that Google data center in Hermantown will alter Duluth's landscape and regional ecosystem through water demand, grid challenges, and St. Louis River runoff impacts
DNR Deputy Director Randall Doneen raised concerns about the environmental review for the proposed Hermantown data center, including gaps in groundwater data and lack of alternative site analysis
Josh Skelton, Minnesota Power CEO, said the modernization provides flexibility when extreme weather hits, system conditions change quickly, or energy is needed in a different place than expected.
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Jobs for Minnesotans executive
Jobs for Minnesotans supports local data center development and trusts Minnesota's strict policies protecting environment, water quality, and energy generation
Republican candidate for Minnesota state Senate
Jobs for Minnesotans nonprofit board member Andrea Zupancich opposes tax breaks for data centers while running for state Senate against Grant Hauschild who supports them
The Hermantown data center faces opposition from residents opposed to its proposed $80 million property tax break and concerns about water, noise and power use.
The county and nearby counties
The county St. Louis County Its decisions and every record in it 158 miles away Sherburne County 1 data center on the record 183 miles away Hennepin County 6 data centers on the record · pause on the record 203 miles away Dakota County 2 data centers on the record · pause on the record 219 miles away Goodhue County 1 data center on the record
Disclosed figures
nothing disclosed by 1 record
Power, water, jobs and tax
| Figure | Disclosed total | Disclosed | Not disclosed | Basis | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Water, stated per day | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Water, stated per year | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Permanent jobs | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Tax each year | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record |
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 | 1 | 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 1 tracked facility in Hermantown is for.
How the facilities are cooled
No source on file states how any of the 1 tracked facility in Hermantown is cooled.
Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Data centers in Hermantown, St. Louis County, Minnesota", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/mn/st-louis-county/hermantown, updated September 17, 2026.
Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Data center records in Hermantown, St. Louis County, Minnesota", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/mn/st-louis-county/hermantown. Data: Data Center Record, datacenterrecord.org, CC BY 4.0.
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For researchers
- Place id
- us/mn/st-louis-county/hermantown
- Level
- city
- Census GEOID
- Not disclosed
- Rating value
- Not disclosed
- Scale word
- Not disclosed