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Ann Treacy

@AnnT

Librarian who follows rural broadband in MN and good uses of new technology (https://nitter.cf/t.co/gLuydCY6vc). Also hosts a radio show of @MostlyMN

 St. Paul Minnesota
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Joined April 2007
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Popular Elk River candidates discuss data centers (Wright County) wp.me/p3if7-ddS
Popular Elk River candidates discuss data centers (Sherburne County)

Popular Elk River candidates discuss data centers (Sherburne County)

Hometown Source reports… Elk River candidates discuss data centers, housing and city spending at forum Westgaard outlines priorities as mayoral successor to Dietz; council candidates weigh gr…

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East Central Energy Cooperative CEO talks data centers in Chisago County wp.me/p3if7-ddZ
East Central Energy Cooperative CEO talks data centers in Chisago County

East Central Energy Cooperative CEO talks data centers in Chisago County

Chisago County Press reports… The President and CEO for the East Central Energy Cooperative, Justin Jahnz, assured the public in attendance at a recent meeting in North Branch City Hall,  tha…

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Popular Elk River candidates discuss data centers (Sherburne County) wp.me/p3if7-ddS
Popular Elk River candidates discuss data centers (Sherburne County)

Popular Elk River candidates discuss data centers (Sherburne County)

Hometown Source reports… Elk River candidates discuss data centers, housing and city spending at forum Westgaard outlines priorities as mayoral successor to Dietz; council candidates weigh gr…

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RESOURCE: League of MN Cities - Data Centers: What Cities Need to Know wp.me/p3if7-ddP
RESOURCE: League of MN Cities – Data Centers: What Cities Need to Know

RESOURCE: League of MN Cities – Data Centers: What Cities Need to Know

The League of Minnesota Cities has a FAQ for communities thinking about data center issues… The demand for new data centers is sweeping the nation. At first, data centers may seem like a typi…

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Hermantown moves ahead with proposed Google data center, despite opposition (St Louis County) wp.me/p3if7-ddH
Hermantown moves ahead with proposed Google data center, despite opposition (St Louis County)

Hermantown moves ahead with proposed Google data center, despite opposition (St Louis County)

The Minnesota Star Tribune reports… Despite fierce opposition, last-minute legal action and unsettled lawsuits, Google’s massive proposed data center in northeast Minnesota obtained critical …

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Hermantown moves ahead with proposed Google data center, despite opposition (St Louis County) wp.me/p3if7-ddH
Hermantown moves ahead with proposed Google data center, despite opposition (St Louis County)

Hermantown moves ahead with proposed Google data center, despite opposition (St Louis County)

The Minnesota Star Tribune reports… Despite fierce opposition, last-minute legal action and unsettled lawsuits, Google’s massive proposed data center in northeast Minnesota obtained critical …

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Nobles County rejected a data center proposal in April 2026 wp.me/p3if7-ddz
Nobles County rejected a data center proposal in April 2026

Nobles County rejected a data center proposal in April 2026

As a reminder, I am going back in time (a few months) to compile data center data by Minnesota counties. Data Center Dynamics reports… A $4 billion data center has been rejected by local offi…

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Nicollet County Board of Commissioners approved a one-year moratorium on data centers in July 2026 wp.me/p3if7-ddv
Nicollet County Board of Commissioners approved a one-year moratorium on data centers in July 2026

Nicollet County Board of Commissioners approved a one-year moratorium on data centers in July 2026

As a reminder, I am going back in time (a few months) to compile data center data by Minnesota counties. The St Peter Herald reports… The Nicollet County Board of Commissioners is pausing dev…

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Hutchinson drafts regulations for future data center proposals: public meeting planned for Nov 10 wp.me/p3if7-ddm
Hutchinson drafts regulations for future data center proposals: public meeting planned for Nov 10

Hutchinson drafts regulations for future data center proposals: public meeting planned for Nov 10

KSN TV reports… Hutchinson is taking steps to regulate data centers before one is proposed in the city. The drafted rules would limit where the facilities can be built and address their poten…

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Le Sueur County announced a one-year moratorium on data centers in June 2026 wp.me/p3if7-ddj
Le Sueur County announced a one-year moratorium on data centers in June 2026

Le Sueur County announced a one-year moratorium on data centers in June 2026

As a reminder, I am going back in time (a few months) to compile data center data by Minnesota counties. KEYC reported in June 2026… Le Sueur County announced at the end of May it would be mo…

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Houston Commissioners decide not to establish a data center moratorium yet wp.me/p3if7-ddf
Houston Commissioners decide not to establish a data center moratorium yet

Houston Commissioners decide not to establish a data center moratorium yet

The Caledonian Argus reports… During a discussion about data centers and battery storage facilities, the Houston County commissioners decided to not implement a moratorium yet. “We should not…

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Paul Bunyan Communication expands broadband to 600 locations in Itasca and St. Louis Counties wp.me/p3if7-dd7
Paul Bunyan Communication expands broadband to 600 locations in Itasca and St. Louis Counties

Paul Bunyan Communication expands broadband to 600 locations in Itasca and St. Louis Counties

Paul Bunyan Communications announces… Construction is finishing up on Paul Bunyan Communications’ all-fiber optic broadband expansion project in Itasca and St. Louis Counties, with the GigaZone® al…

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EVENT Nov 10: Harmony city council to discuss data center draft ordinance (Fillmore County) wp.me/p3if7-dd4
EVENT Nov 10: Harmony city council to discuss data center draft ordinance (Fillmore County)

EVENT Nov 10: Harmony city council to discuss data center draft ordinance (Fillmore County)

KTTC reports… The Harmony Planning and Zoning Commission approved a draft ordinance that would establish regulatory standards for potential data center development in the Fillmore County comm…

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County of Douglas Board of Commissioners discuss data centers in September 2026 wp.me/p3if7-dd0
County of Douglas Board of Commissioners discuss data centers in September 2026

County of Douglas Board of Commissioners discuss data centers in September 2026

The Douglas County website reports… The Board of Commissioners in and for the County of Douglas, State of Minnesota, met in Regular Session in a joint meeting with the Alexandria City Council…

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BlockchAIn Digital Infrastructure Inc. plans Crow Wing County data center wp.me/p3if7-dcT
BlockchAIn Digital Infrastructure Inc. plans Crow Wing County data center

BlockchAIn Digital Infrastructure Inc. plans Crow Wing County data center

Careful readers will notice that I’ve added a few articles that are a little more dated than usual. That’s because I’m gathering information on data centers by county, as preparat…

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Data centers come up in debates in Clay County Commission wp.me/p3if7-dcQ
Data centers come up in debates in Clay County Commission

Data centers come up in debates in Clay County Commission

InForum reports… Candidates in two races for seats on the Clay County Commission debated issues ranging from taxes to data centers during a candidate forum Monday, Sept. 21. On data centers&#…

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Chicago County Commissioners approved one-year Moratorium on Data Centers in August 2026 wp.me/p3if7-dcH
Chicago County Commissioners approved one-year Moratorium on Data Centers in August 2026

Chicago County Commissioners approved one-year Moratorium on Data Centers in August 2026

Chicago County Press reports… The other public hearing that was scheduled for the Board meeting was about data centers, or high utility use developments.  The Board voted to impose a one year…

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Paul Bunyan Communication almost done on all-fiber broadband expansion in Central Aitkin County wp.me/p3if7-dcD
Paul Bunyan Communication almost done on all-fiber broadband expansion in Central Aitkin County

Paul Bunyan Communication almost done on all-fiber broadband expansion in Central Aitkin County

Paul Bunyan Communications announces… Construction is winding down on Paul Bunyan Communications major all-fiber optic broadband expansion project in central Aitkin County, with the GigaZone®…

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Updates on Paul Bunyan Communication's Expansion to City of Hibbing wp.me/p3if7-dcx
Updates on Paul Bunyan Communication’s Expansion to City of Hibbing

Updates on Paul Bunyan Communication’s Expansion to City of Hibbing

Good news from Paul Bunyan Communications… Paul Bunyan Communications has made great progress on expanding its GigaZone® all-fiber optic network in an area southwest of downtown Hibbing and i…

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