Nobles County, Minnesota Rejects $4 Billion Data Center Proposal

Local officials in Nobles County, Minnesota, have rejected a proposed $4 billion data center project planned The company had targeted a 959-acre parcel between 200th Street and 190th Street for eight data center buildings totaling 2.5 million square feet. A draft scoping document indicated the facility could have consumed between 400MW and 1GW of power. The site would have been sold to an end user to operate. The Nobles County Commissioners voted against a text amendment to the county’s Planning and Zoning Ordinance that would have allowed data centers as a conditional use under the agricultural preservation designation. Without the amendment, Geronimo must look elsewhere. Geronimo Power, formerly Geronimo Energy until May 2025, was founded in 2004 and acquired