Faribault data center clears review amid Twin Cities growth

A proposed data center in Faribault has cleared the environmental review process and is up for the next round of city approvals, a project that comes at a time when the Twin Cities market is poised for growth.

The Faribault City Council launched an environmental review of the project earlier this year and recently determined that the planned Archer Datacenters Faribault Campus project doesn’t have the potential for “significant environmental impacts.”

That means a more in-depth study, known as an Environmental Impact Statement, won’t be required for the project, which would bring up to 500,000 square feet of data center buildings to an 84.3-acre site south of 150th Street West and east of Acorn Trail.

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