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Developer places plans for Hermantown data center on pause

Mortenson halted permit requests after a lawsuit and environmental review petition, delaying the largest-ever Hermantown development of a 1.8 million-square-foot data center.

HERMANTOWN — An anticipated showdown slated for next week that promised to pit supporters and opponents of a controversial proposed data center against one another will have to wait. Dan Lessor, a vice president for Mortenson Development Inc., informed Hermantown city officials this week that the firm will not push ahead with permit requests that had been scheduled for consideration by the city’s planning and zoning commission Tuesday, Nov. 18. …

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Developer places plans for Hermantown data center on pause

HERMANTOWN — An anticipated showdown slated for next week that promised to pit supporters and opponents of a controversial proposed data center against one another will have to wait. Dan Lessor, a vice president for Mortenson Development Inc., informed Hermantown city officials this week that the firm will not push ahead with permit requests that had been scheduled for consideration by the city’s planning and zoning commission Tuesday, Nov. 18. …

·Cherokee County, United States
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Duluth News Tribune broke the news in Cherokee County, United States on Thursday, November 13, 2025.
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