No project in Northfield Township, but 3 nearby
Who decides here: the Town Board of Northfield Township votes on zoning. Some townships leave zoning to the county.
Nearby (within 15 miles)
Cannon Falls Technology Park (Tract data center campus)
Cannon Falls, Dakota County
253 acres
🕒 Nov 2025: City Council approved the conditional use permit and development agreement, 4-2, and rez…
Proposedabout 12 miles awayArcher Datacenters Faribault campus
Faribault, Rice County
84 acres
🕒 July 7, 2026: City Council gave Archer until March 31, 2027 to file a fuller environmental review (sup…
Stopped or cancelledabout 14 miles awayHampton technology park data center idea (Oppidan)
Hampton, Dakota County
🕒 2025: Oppidan paused its Hampton and North Mankato data center plans, citing how long the stat…
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Northfield Township. - Go to township 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 Northfield Township: Northern States Power Co. - Minnesota (company) or Steele-waseca Cooperative Electric (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.