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Read 20MW Data Center Project Proposed in Parsons, Kansas
A 20MW data center project could be developed in Parsons, Kansas, after the city approved a purchase option agreement with HyperDataGrid.
The company is seeking to acquire around 20 acres in Tolen...

20MW Data Center Project Proposed in Parsons, Kansas

July 09, 2026 Kansas

A 20MW data center project could be developed in Parsons, Kansas, after the city approved a purchase option agreement with HyperDataGrid. The company is seeking to acquire around 20 acres in Tolen Creek Industrial Park for the proposed facility. The agreement allows HyperDataGrid to complete due...

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Read Gigawatt-Scale Data Center Campus Planned for Kansas
A proposed gigawatt-scale data center campus in Kansas could cover up to 1,000 acres in Emporia’s Industrial Park IV. The Flint Hills Digital Campus plans to use a combination of dedicated grid inf...

Gigawatt-Scale Data Center Campus Planned for Kansas

June 22, 2026 Kansas

A proposed gigawatt-scale data center campus in Kansas could cover up to 1,000 acres in Emporia’s Industrial Park IV. The Flint Hills Digital Campus plans to use a combination of dedicated grid infrastructure and on-site power generation, though further details have yet to be released. A proposed...

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Read Developer Pulls Proposed Data Center Project in Pekin, Illinois
Developer Pulls Proposed Data Center Project in Pekin, Illinois

Developer Pulls Proposed Data Center Project in Pekin, Illinois

May 13, 2026 Illinois

Developer Western Hospitality Partners (WHP) has officially withdrawn its proposal to develop a data center in Pekin, Illinois, roughly two months after Mayor Mary Burress announced publicly that the city would not proceed with the project. “This letter shall serve as purchaser’s notice to...

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Read Nobles County Rejects $4bn Data Center Proposal
Nobles County Rejects $4bn Data Center Proposal

Nobles County Rejects $4bn Data Center Proposal

April 24, 2026 Minnesota

A $4 billion data center project has been rejected by local officials in Nobles County, Minnesota. Renewable energy developer Geronimo Power had been considering a 959-acre site between 200th Street and 190th Street for the development of eight data center buildings totaling 2.5 million sq ft...

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Read RealVantage Invests in $7million in Minnesota Data Center
RealVantage Invests in $7million in Minnesota Data Center

RealVantage Invests in $7million in Minnesota Data Center

March 25, 2026 Minnesota

Singapore-based real estate firm RealVantage is entering digital infrastructure, investing $7 million in a 21MW data center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The data center was acquired earlier this year by US firm Cloud Capital and Bahrain’s Arcapita, who plan to expand the site to 31MW. “The...

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Read Developer Withdraws Plans for 316-acre Data Center in Spring Hill, Kansas
Developer Withdraws Plans for 316-acre Data Center in Spring Hill, Kansas

Developer Withdraws Plans for 316-acre Data Center in Spring Hill, Kansas

March 10, 2026 Kansas

The developer behind a proposed 316-acre data center project in Spring Hill, Kansas, has pulled its application ahead of a planning commission meeting scheduled for March 25. Data center consultancy Colossus Data Center Advisors had planned to develop a campus at the southeast corner of 191st...

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Read NDSU and RII Launch Study Exploring the Reuse of Data Center Waste Heat for Greenhouses in North Dakota
NDSU and RII Launch Study Exploring the Reuse of Data Center Waste Heat for Greenhouses in North Dakota

NDSU and RII Launch Study Exploring the Reuse of Data Center Waste Heat for Greenhouses in North Dakota

February 23, 2026 North Dakota

Researchers at North Dakota State University (NDSU) and Resource Innovation Institute have formally launched a public-private research initiative to assess the possibility of colocating large-scale greenhouses with data centers in North Dakota.As part of the initiative, US data center operator...

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Read 115-acre Data Center May be Developed in Osawatomie, Kansas
115-acre Data Center May be Developed in Osawatomie, Kansas

115-acre Data Center May be Developed in Osawatomie, Kansas

February 21, 2026 Kansas

A 115-acre data center project could come to Osawatomie, Kansas, says the local government. “The city has entered into a predevelopment agreement with Alcove Development to explore the feasibility of a potential data center campus,” reads a post by the City of Osawatomie. Alcove’s proposed data...

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Read Geronimo Power Proposes Data Center in Nobles County, Minnesota
Geronimo Power Proposes Data Center in Nobles County, Minnesota

Geronimo Power Proposes Data Center in Nobles County, Minnesota

December 05, 2025 Minnesota

US renewable energy developer Geronimo Power is looking to develop a data center in Nobles County, Minnesota. Geronimo has indicated its interest in using its renewable energy portfolio to power a data center. A significant factor in this decision, the company has said, is the energy curtailment...

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Read Compass Mining Energizes 7.5MW Site in Minnesota
Compass Mining Energizes 7.5MW Site in Minnesota

Compass Mining Energizes 7.5MW Site in Minnesota

September 10, 2025 Minnesota

Bitcoin mining and infrastructure services provider Compass Mining has energized a new 7.5MW site in Minnesota named Minnesota 2. It will be Compass's second facility in Minnesota, and the 23rd facility run by the company across the US and Canada.Compass Mining will be responsible for operating...

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Read North Dakota State University Awarded $3.85m for Supercomputer
North Dakota State University Awarded $3.85m for Supercomputer

North Dakota State University Awarded $3.85m for Supercomputer

September 03, 2025 North Dakota

North Dakota State University (NDSU) has been awarded $3.85 million to acquire and deploy an AI supercomputer named Bison, which will be housed in the university’s Center for Computationally Assisted Science and Technology (CCAST) data center and is expected to come online in the summer of...

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Read Meta Partners with Amrize
Meta Partners with Amrize

Meta Partners with Amrize

July 25, 2025 Minnesota

Social media giant Meta and concrete maker Amrize last week announced a partnership to develop a “first-of-its-kind, AI-optimized concrete mix” tailored to meet the specific needs of Meta’s data center in Rosemount, Minnesota.“We work to design our data centers as efficiently and sustainably as...

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Read SunRocket Capital Funds $15m Solar and Storage Project in Illinois
SunRocket Capital Funds $15m Solar and Storage Project in Illinois

SunRocket Capital Funds $15m Solar and Storage Project in Illinois

July 18, 2025 Illinois

US-based private lender SunRocket Capital has closed a $15 million financing package for a solar with battery storage project designed to provide power to the data center sector in Illinois.“SunRocket Capital is proud to facilitate the growth of renewable energy infrastructure that powers the...

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Read Oppidan Breaks Bround on Data Center in Eagan, Minnesota
Oppidan Breaks Bround on Data Center in Eagan, Minnesota

Oppidan Breaks Bround on Data Center in Eagan, Minnesota

June 05, 2025 Minnesota

US real estate firm Oppidan Investment Company this week broke ground on a 61,000 sq ft (5,667 sqm) build-to-suit data center on Argenta Trail in Eagan. Oppidan is serving as the landlord and directly financing, developing, and delivering the facility in partnership with a tenant. “This is a...

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Read MISO approves regional transmission plan
 MISO approves regional transmission plan

MISO approves regional transmission plan

December 17, 2024 Illinois

The Midcontinent Independent System Operator’s (MISO) board has approved a $21.9 billion long-range transmission plan. The new transmission lines will span 1,800 miles and include some that will connect directly to PJM Interconnection’s 765kV system in Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. “The main thing...

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Read Amazon purchases land n Minnesota, for data center
Amazon purchases land n Minnesota, for data center

Amazon purchases land n Minnesota, for data center

November 11, 2024 Minnesota

Amazon has purchased 348 acres of land in Becker, Minnesota, for a data center project. According to a real estate filing published with the Minnesota Department of Revenue, the parcel will be used for a data center and was previously part of Xcel Energy Inc.'s Sherco Site.Xcel spokesperson Kevin...

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Read Google Cloud to provide private cloud region and colocation facility for CME Group
Google Cloud to provide private cloud region and colocation facility for CME Group

Google Cloud to provide private cloud region and colocation facility for CME Group

June 28, 2024 Illinois

Google Cloud is providing a private cloud region for financial services company CME Group in Aurora, Illinois which will host a specialized platform to support global trading of CME's futures and options markets and will provide traders with access to a cloud-based low-latency network and...

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Read NCSA expands Radiant Supercomputer
NCSA expands Radiant Supercomputer

NCSA expands Radiant Supercomputer

May 09, 2024 Illinois

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s (UIUC) National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) this week announced it has installed additional graphics processing units (GPUs) to its private cloud Radiant system. The University acquired the GPU with a funding commitment of $50...

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Read Meta to proceed with 750,000 square feet facility in Rosemount city Council
Meta to proceed with 750,000 square feet facility in Rosemount city Council

Meta to proceed with 750,000 square feet facility in Rosemount city Council

December 28, 2023 Minnesota

The Rosemount City Council has voted unanimously in favor of the Meta data center development in Minnesota. Following this vote, the facility will be developed on part of the University of Minnesota's UMore Park. The approved plan d will see a 750,000 sq ft (69,670 sqm) data center campus be...

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Read Axiom Space to launch orbital data center
Axiom Space to launch orbital data center

Axiom Space to launch orbital data center

December 21, 2023 Houston

Space infrastructure business Axiom Space has planned to develop an 'orbital data center.' The company is currently developing the world’s first commercial space station, which will initially be a part of the International Space Station, but is planned to separate and remain in orbit, once the...

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