Amazon Data Services acquired 348 acres in Becker, Minnesota for $73.6 million to develop a data center project. The land was previously part of Xcel Energy Inc.'s Sherco Site. Amazon is proposing to install 250 diesel generators at its planned data center.
The transaction involved several ownership changes: Elk River Technologies first purchased the parcel from Xcel Energy in April 2024 for $7.97 million, then sold it to Amazon—representing a substantial price increase in a short period.
This development comes after earlier plans for the site fell through in 2022, when negotiations between Xcel Energy and Google for a potential data center project were unsuccessful.
In February 2024, Microsoft bought 300 acres of land from Xcel nearby in Becker.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Scannell: Monticello Expansion |
Monticello Expansion held the three later buildings of Scannell Properties' proposed Scannell Technology Park in Monticello, Minnesota.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Scannell: Monticello 1 |
Monticello 1 is the first of four planned data center buildings in Scannell Properties' Scannell Technology Park in Monticello, Minnesota.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Monticello Tech Park |
The development could eventually total 3 million square feet (278,709 sqm) of space, spread across multiple buildings, each potentially around 300,000 square feet (27,871 sqm).
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Swervo: Elk River, MN |
Elk River city officials in Minnesota have rejected a proposal by Swervo Development Corp. and Irongate Data Centers to convert a 60,000-square-foot warehouse into a data center.
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