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No project in Otsego City, but 4 nearby

Who decides here: the City Council of Otsego City votes on zoning. The Wright County may review big projects too.

Nearby (within 15 miles)

Stopped or cancelledabout 5 miles away

Elk 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

Proposedabout 8 miles away

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.

Proposedabout 8 miles away

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.

Proposedabout 15 miles away

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

Local votes and rules

⏸️ Pause on new data centers

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
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⚡ Your electric company

Depending on where you live in Otsego City: Wright-hennepin Co-op Electric Assn (co-op (owned by its members)) or City of St Paul (not available) or City of Elk River (run by the town) or Northern States Power Co. - Minnesota (company).

Big data centers need a lot of power. Who pays for new power lines depends on state rules. See the rules in Minnesota.