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2 data center projects we know about. 36 cities and townships.

Built & runningBeing builtApproved, not built yetProposedStopped or cancelled

Projects

Proposed

Monticello Tech Park (Frattalone data center campus)

Monticello, Wright County

547 acres

🕒 Aug 24, 2026: City Council approved a deal making the developer pay the city's review costs.

Proposed

Scannell data center proposal near Otter Creek (Monticello)

Monticello, Wright County

106 acres

🕒 May 2025: City approved a comprehensive plan change making 76 acres industrial.

Local votes and rules

⏸️ Pause on new data centers · Otsego

Otsego paused new data center applications for one year so it can write zoning rules on where they may go. No data center was proposed there. The vote was unanimous.

July 27, 2026Source

⏸️ Pause on new data centers · Wright County

Wright County passed an emergency pause on data center applications in all 18 of its townships, for up to one year, while it writes rules. The vote was unanimous. It does not change rules inside cities like Monticello. A resident workgroup was formed in June.

May 19, 2026Source

📜 Data center rules · Monticello

Monticello passed rules for data centers, 4-1. A data center needs a special planned development approval. Near homes it must be 300 feet away with full screening, or 700 feet without. Developers must pay for all needed roads, pipes and power.

April 27, 2026Source

⚖️ Court case · Monticello

The Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy sued Monticello and Monticello Tech over the environmental review for a data center campus of 3 to 5 million square feet.

Feb 2026Source