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Amazon Becker Data Center (Suspended)
Becker, Sherburne County, Minnesota · All 54 Amazon Web Services sites · Every Amazon case on our tracker
Amazon Becker Data Center (Suspended) is a cancelled data center in Becker, Minnesota (Sherburne County), operated by Amazon Web Services. The public record puts it at announced 2024, 348 acres, a reported $1 billion investment. It has documented support and documented opposition on record.
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Facility record
Cancelled
- Operator
- Amazon Web Services
- Facility type
- Data center, AI use likely
- Location
- Becker, Sherburne County, MN
- Coordinates
- 45.3970, -93.8760
- Power capacity
- Not established from a public source
- Land
- 348 acres
- Investment
- $1 billion
- Announced
- 2024
- Utility
- Xcel Energy
- Cooling
- Not established from a public source
- Water use
- Not established from a public source
- Jobs
- 100 permanent; 1,200 construction
- Public subsidy
- Not established from a public source
- Community reception
- Mixed reception
- Source confidence
- Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation
Timeline from the record
Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.
- 2025CancelledAmazon suspended plans citing 'uncertain' permit and utility agreement timelines; Minnesota lawmakers simultaneously reduced sales tax exemptions on electricity for large data center facilities Source: Data Center Dynamics
- 2024ProposedAmazon purchased 348 acres near Xcel Energy's retiring Sherco coal plant in Becker for $73.5M; multibillion-dollar data center planned as economic replacement for coal plant jobs Source: Star Tribune
Opposition and litigation at this site
Partly. Both documented support and documented opposition to Amazon Becker Data Center (Suspended) in Becker, Sherburne County, Minnesota appear in the record, with no clear majority position. Project was economically critical for Becker as replacement for Sherco coal plant tax base (~$5M of $12M school district budget).
How the community has taken it
Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: mixed reception means documented support and documented opposition both exist with no clear majority position on record.
Project was economically critical for Becker as replacement for Sherco coal plant tax base (~$5M of $12M school district budget). State officials described suspension as a 'gut punch' for the community. Amazon retaining the land.
Notes on the record
Amazon has not officially sold the 348-acre parcel and has not ruled out revisiting the project; 'cancelled' reflects indefinite suspension with no restart timeline. Near Xcel Energy's Sherburne County (Sherco) generating station, slated for retirement by 2030. Second major tech retreat from Becker after Google abandoned a $600M project in 2022. Star Tribune primary source was rate-limited (HTTP 429) at time of verification; story confirmed by Data Center Dynamics and multiple other outlets.
What the record does not establish, and the document that would
In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.
- Power capacity in megawatts
- Cooling method and water use
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
Which document closes each gap
- Power capacity in megawatts
- The utility's large load service agreement, the interconnection request in the grid operator's queue, or the electrical site plan in the permit file.
- Cooling method and water use
- The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
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Other sites within 30 miles
Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.
- Microsoft Becker Data Center · Becker · Microsoftunder 1 mile · Proposed
- Scannell Properties Monticello Tech Park · Monticello · Scannell Properties LLC7 mi · Proposed
- Monticello Tech Park (Monticello Tech LLC / Frattalone) · Monticello · Frattalone Companies (via Monticello Tech, LLC)8 mi · Proposed
- Vaultas St. Cloud · St. Cloud · Vaultas19 mi · Proposed · 0.6 MW
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Amazon Becker Data Center (Suspended) in Becker?
Partly. Both documented support and documented opposition to Amazon Becker Data Center (Suspended) in Becker, Sherburne County, Minnesota appear in the record, with no clear majority position. Project was economically critical for Becker as replacement for Sherco coal plant tax base (~$5M of $12M school district budget).
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Amazon Becker Data Center (Suspended)?
No lawsuit over Amazon Becker Data Center (Suspended) appears in the record we track as of July 25, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.
How much water does Amazon Becker Data Center (Suspended) use?
No water withdrawal figure for Amazon Becker Data Center (Suspended) is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.
Who operates Amazon Becker Data Center (Suspended), and how big is it?
Amazon Web Services is the operator on record. We hold 54 sites for that company across the registry. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 348 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Amazon Becker Data Center (Suspended)," updated July 25, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/amazon-becker-mn.
Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.32.0 (September 7, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/amazon-becker-mn, retrieved September 14, 2026.
Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.
Sources for this record
As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.
- 1.Amazon suspends Minnesota data center as lawmakers plan to reduce Big Tech tax breaks · Star Tribune · retrieved July 6, 2026
- 2.Amazon Web Services suspends plans for Minnesota data center · Data Center Dynamics · retrieved July 6, 2026
- 3.HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (ORNL/DOE-CESER, 2023-08 vintage) · Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) / HIFLD · retrieved July 23, 2026
- 4.KNSI Radio, Amazon purchases 348 acres in Becker · retrieved July 25, 2026
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