Duluth Senator to introduce data center moratorium

Duluth Senator to introduce data center moratorium

News ClipNorthern News Now·Duluth, Saint Louis County, MN·3/4/2026

A Minnesota state senator is introducing a bill to put a two-year moratorium on new data center permits in the state, citing concerns over the environmental impacts and lack of transparency around the proposed Google data center project in Hermantown. The senator wants to allow time for further study and regulation of data centers before new projects are approved.

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DULUTH, Minn. (Northern News Now) - The developments in the proposed Hermantown data center project have evoked concern from some lawmakers in the Northland. Amid conversations around the data center project, DFL Senator Jen McEwen of Duluth is moving to pause plans for all data centers in the stat