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Projects

Being built

Vaultas modular data center, St. Cloud

St. Cloud, Stearns County

for Local businesses (shared colocation)

🕒 Feb 2026: Vaultas data center was under construction, planned to open in 2026.

Reported in the news, not confirmed yet

Local votes and rules

📜 Data center rules · St. Cloud

St. Cloud is writing its first data center zoning rules, before any developer has applied. Smaller 'enterprise' data centers would be capped at 2,000 servers, 10,000 square feet and 50 megawatts; bigger ones count as hyperscale. After a hearing on Sept. 8, the planning commission voted 5-1 to delay its vote to October.

Sept 9, 2026Source

⏸️ Pause on new data centers · Avon

Avon Township's planning commission recommended a one-year pause on data centers, citing heavy power and water use. The town board set a public hearing for Aug. 12, 2026 to consider it.

Aug 12, 2026Source

⏸️ Pause on new data centers · Waite Park

Waite Park paused data centers for one year while it studies water use and noise. No data center was proposed there. A tiny phone and internet equipment shed was allowed. The vote was unanimous.

May 4, 2026Source

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