The Week in Business: By Fighting Data Centers, Is Minnesota Passing Opportunities?
A Google-backed data center project, "Project Skyway," slated for Pine Island, Minnesota, did not break ground as planned. The article raises questions about whether Minnesota is missing economic opportunities by deterring data center developments.
The Mpls.St.Paul Magazine's "The Week in Business" section reported on the failed ground-breaking of "Project Skyway," a Google-backed data center in Pine Island, Minnesota. The project, intended for development this month, did not proceed as anticipated.
The broader context of the article's title, "By Fighting Data Centers, Is Minnesota Passing Opportunities?", suggests a debate within Minnesota regarding its approach to data center developments. The non-starter of the Pine Island project is presented as an example of potential economic opportunities that the state may be losing due to either local opposition or governmental policies.