1 data center project in Apple Valley City
Who decides here: the City Council of Apple Valley City votes on zoning. The Dakota County may review big projects too.
In Apple Valley City
Nearby (within 15 miles)
Oppidan data center on Argenta Trail (Eagan)
Eagan, Dakota County
🕒 June 2025: Oppidan broke ground on a 61,000 square foot data center, built for one tenant.
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Stopped or cancelledabout 5 miles awayLakeville industrial site studied for a data center (Olam Holdings)
Lakeville, Dakota County
152 acres
🕒 May 27, 2026: A judge ruled the review was legal and said the data center talks are inactive.
Proposedabout 6 miles awayDakota East Area site in Rosemount (Tract technology park plan)
Rosemount, Dakota County
447 acres
🕒 July 15, 2025: Rosemount adopted the environmental review (AUAR) as adequate.
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Approved, not built yetabout 6 miles awayFarmington Technology Park (Tract data center campus)
Farmington, Dakota County
340 acres
🕒 Sept 16, 2026: Plaintiffs filed dismissals in both lawsuits, according to the city. The residents' grou…
Being builtabout 7 miles awayMeta Rosemount data center
Rosemount, Dakota County
280 acres · for Meta
🕒 March 14, 2024: Meta and Gov. Walz announced an $800 million, 715,000 square foot data center in Rosemou…
Proposedabout 9 miles awayQLevr data center at former Travel Tags site (Inver Grove Heights)
Inver Grove Heights, Dakota County
🕒 Sept 14, 2026: City Council voted 3-1 to exempt the QLevr project from the moratorium, settling the law…
Local votes and rules
⏸️ Pause on new data centers
Apple Valley paused new data center proposals for one year while the city studies how to plan for and regulate them.
✋ Turned down
Apple Valley's council said no to Oppidan's plan for five data center buildings (about 1 million square feet on 134 acres). It denied the site plan, the plat and the special use permit, as the planning commission had advised.
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Apple Valley City. - Go to council meetings.
Anyone can speak. Big projects usually need a public hearing. - Ask questions in writing.
Use our checklist.
🔔 Get told first
⚡ Your electric company
Depending on where you live in Apple Valley City: City of St Paul (not available) or Dakota Electric Association (co-op (owned by its members)).
Big data centers need a lot of power. Who pays for new power lines depends on state rules. See the rules in Minnesota.