By Kilat Fitzgerald
Publication Date: 2026-04-30 01:45:00
New approach to data centers in Minnesota
Across the U.S. communities are grappling with growing concerns about data center projects. FOX 9’s All Day is joined by Blake Nixon, president and CEO of Geronimo Power, who explains one unique approach being taken in southwest Minnesota to ease development anxieties.
HERMANTOWN, Minn. (FOX 9) – Residents of Hermantown and the surrounding areas have filed a lawsuit against the city over plans to build a data center, claiming local leaders left them out of the plan.
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Hermantown data center lawsuit
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The lawsuit claims the city “has violated spot-zoning restrictions and otherwise improperly changed the zoning in the Adolph neighborhood.”
In March, it was revealed that Google is the developer behind the data center proposed for a plot of land by Arrowhead Station near Midway Road and Highway 2, on the southwest side of Hermantown.
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