Opponents of Google-Backed Data Center in Goodhue County Rejoice in Delay
The Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy said the study was inadequate for a 482-acre project that could use 2,700 megawatts of electricity.
- On May 22, Goodhue District Judge Patrick M. Biren paused Project Skyway, a data center proposed near Pine Island, after the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy challenged the environmental review process.
- The Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy argued the Alternative Urban Areawide Review was insufficient, claiming the study analyzed "two vague proposals" because no end-user had been identified.
- Proposed on 482 acres, the data center would require 2,700 megawatts of electricity, exceeding the 1,700 megawatt capacity of the power plant serving the Twin Cities.
- Ryan Companies estimated increased construction costs of more than $5 million from the delay, while the ruling provides "breathing room" until November elections for opponents to reshape the city council.
- The Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy has filed similar lawsuits in Lakeville, Hermantown, Monticello, and Faribault, as the wave of potential hyper centers poses risks to the state's groundwater and clean energy goals.
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Duluth News Tribune
Opponents of Google-backed data center in Goodhue County rejoice in delay
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Opponents of Google-backed data center rejoice in judge's decision to put the project on hold
PINE ISLAND — A Goodhue County judge’s order putting a hold on construction of a Google-backed data center in Pine Island has infused opponents with a new sense of hope and even belief that they can impact and alter the project, if not stop it altogether. Up until the issuing of the judge’s temporary restraining order, many of its opponents described feeling helpless about a project that, in their eyes, had an air of inevitability. That all chan…
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