Minneapolis City Council enacts 5-month data center moratorium outside downtown
News ClipAudacy·Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN·6/26/2026
The Minneapolis City Council has enacted a five-month moratorium on new data center developments outside the downtown area. This measure was approved to allow the city to study the potential impacts of unregulated data center growth on local power grids and environmental justice issues.
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The Minneapolis City Council has imposed a 5 month data center moratorium for new developments outside of downtown to study their impacts. The council approved the measure Thursday to temporarily halt the development of larger facilities amid warnings that unregulated growth could impact local power grids and worsen environmental injustices. | 830 WCCO