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Nobles County Powered Data Park

Worthington, Nobles County, Minnesota

ProposedOpposedAI likelyRecord updated August 24, 2026

Nobles County Powered Data Park is a proposed data center in Worthington, Minnesota (Nobles County), operated by Geronimo Power (Brookfield Asset Management subsidiary). The public record puts it at 400 MW planned. It faces documented, organized local opposition.

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Facility record

Proposed

Operator
Geronimo Power (Brookfield Asset Management subsidiary)
Facility type
Data center, AI use likely
Location
Worthington, Nobles County, MN
Coordinates
43.6200, -95.6000
Power capacity
400 MW planned
Land
Not established from a public source
Investment
Not established from a public source
Announced
Not established from a public source
Utility
City of Worthington
Power source
Wind
Cooling
Not established from a public source
Water use
Not established from a public source
Jobs
Not established from a public source
Public subsidy
Not established from a public source
Community reception
Opposed
Source confidence
Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing

Opposition and litigation at this site

Yes. Organized local opposition to Nobles County Powered Data Park in Worthington, Nobles County, Minnesota is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. Nobles County Board rejected the requested zoning change (~June 2026); no confirmation found of the developer abandoning or appealing the project, so status is recorded as proposed pending further news rather than presumed cancelled.

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: opposed means documented, organized local opposition is the dominant signal on record.

Nobles County Board rejected the requested zoning change (~June 2026); no confirmation found of the developer abandoning or appealing the project, so status is recorded as proposed pending further news rather than presumed cancelled.

Source: Minnesota Reformer

Power and water

Site-specific co-located wind (primary) plus solar is the defining, named story, Geronimo's own press release describes the project as 'a data center collocated with new local, clean power generation which will supply power to the data center,' explicitly citing the Plum Creek Wind, Plum Creek Wind II.

Notes on the record

Coordinates are approximate (near Worthington, MN).

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.

  • Cooling method and water use
  • Tax abatements or other public subsidy
  • Permanent jobs promised
  • Land area
Which document closes each gap
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.
Permanent jobs promised
The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
Land area
The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with the county.

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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.

Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Nobles County Powered Data Park data center in Worthington?

Yes. Organized local opposition to Nobles County Powered Data Park in Worthington, Nobles County, Minnesota is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. Nobles County Board rejected the requested zoning change (~June 2026); no confirmation found of the developer abandoning or appealing the project, so status is recorded as proposed pending further news rather than presumed cancelled.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Nobles County Powered Data Park data center?

No lawsuit over Nobles County Powered Data Park appears in the record we track as of August 24, 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 Nobles County Powered Data Park use?

No water withdrawal figure for Nobles County Powered Data Park 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 Nobles County Powered Data Park, and how big is it?

Geronimo Power (Brookfield Asset Management subsidiary) is the operator on record. Capacity on record is 400 MW.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Nobles County Powered Data Park," updated August 24, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/geronimo-nobles-county-powered-data-park-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/geronimo-nobles-county-powered-data-park-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. 1.Minnesota's long-predicted data center boom is on shaky ground · Minnesota Reformer · retrieved July 9, 2026
  2. 2.Nobles County Powered Data Park · Geronimo Power · retrieved July 9, 2026
  3. 3.HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (ORNL/DOE-CESER, 2023-08 vintage) · Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) / HIFLD · retrieved July 23, 2026
  4. 4.Geronimo Power's Farmer-Friendly and Community First Approach Receives Warm Welcome (PR Newswire) · retrieved July 24, 2026
  5. 5.Geronimo Power seeks feedback on Nobles County data center · Dakota News Now · retrieved August 24, 2026

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