2 data center projects in Monticello City
Who decides here: the City Council of Monticello City votes on zoning. The Wright County may review big projects too.
In Monticello City
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.
ProposedScannell data center proposal near Otter Creek (Monticello)
Monticello, Wright County
106 acres
🕒 May 2025: City approved a comprehensive plan change making 76 acres industrial.
Nearby (within 15 miles)
Microsoft land for a data center in Becker
Becker, Sherburne County
295 acres · for Microsoft
🕒 Feb 21, 2024: Microsoft bought about 295 acres from Xcel Energy in Becker for about $17.7 million to b…
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Stopped or cancelledabout 8 miles awayAmazon data center site in Becker
Becker, Sherburne County
350 acres · for Amazon
🕒 May 23, 2025: Amazon told the city it was pausing its plans in Minnesota, including Becker. It kept th…
Stopped or cancelledabout 10 miles awayElk River data center in former factory (Swervo)
Elk River, Sherburne County
🕒 Aug 3, 2026: City Council unanimously adopted a one-year pause (moratorium) on data centers.
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Local votes and rules
⏸️ 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.
📜 Data center rules
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.
⚖️ Court case
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.
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Monticello 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 Monticello City: Northern States Power Co. - Minnesota (company) or Wright-hennepin Co-op Electric Assn (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.
🙋 Open tasks here
- Which company would use the data centers?
- How much electricity would the campus use, and who would supply it?
- What did the court decide at the fall 2026 motion hearings?
- When will the Planning Commission hold a hearing on the application?
- Has Scannell filed to annex the land into Monticello?
- How much power and water would it use?