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Shakopee Hyperscale Data Center Campus (NorthStar Digital Infrastructure)

Shakopee, Scott County, Minnesota · Every Alliance Cloud Services case on our tracker

ProposedNo reception on recordRecord updated November 2, 2026

Shakopee Hyperscale Data Center Campus (NorthStar Digital Infrastructure) is a proposed data center in Shakopee, Minnesota (Scott County), operated by NorthStar Digital Infrastructure LLC. The public record puts it at announced October 15, 2025, 80 MW planned, 160 acres, a reported $2.8 billion investment.

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Facility record

Proposed

Operator
NorthStar Digital Infrastructure LLC
Facility type
Data center
Location
Shakopee, Scott County, MN
Coordinates
44.7980, -93.5269 (approximate)
Power capacity
80 MW planned
Land
160 acres
Investment
$2.8 billion
Announced
October 15, 2025
Utility
Not established from a public source
Cooling
Not established
Water use
1.5 million gallons a day, reported
Jobs
Not established from a public source
Public subsidy
Not established from a public source
Community reception
No reception on record
Source confidence
Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing

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.

  1. October 15, 2025
    Proposed
    EAW submitted to MPCA; EAW deemed complete 2025-12-02; public comment closed 2026-02-15 with 118 comments Source: State of Minnesota coordinated permitting (MPCA lead agency)

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of November 2, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Shakopee Hyperscale Data Center Campus (NorthStar Digital Infrastructure) in Shakopee, Scott County, Minnesota appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.

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A new status, a permit, a reception finding, or a lawsuit. Nothing else, ever.

Power and water

State dashboard estimates water use at 1.5 million gallons/day; cooling water system, method not specified; DNR water appropriation permit required

Notes on the record

Phased campus of four buildings totaling about 1.2 million sq ft on 160 acres. Phase 1 is two buildings with 80 MW of critical IT load. Plans include backup diesel generation, a cooling water system and a new substation. Estimated cost is $2.8 billion. Air permit application was targeted for 2026-06-01 and DNR water appropriation permit for 2026-09-01. No street address was published. The location is the Shakopee city centroid.

What the record does not establish, and the document that would

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  • Tax abatements or other public subsidy
  • Permanent jobs promised
  • How the community has received it
  • Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
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.
How the community has received it
Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.
Which utility serves it
The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.

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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.

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Shakopee Hyperscale Data Center Campus (NorthStar Digital Infrastructure) in Shakopee?

Nothing on record as of November 2, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Shakopee Hyperscale Data Center Campus (NorthStar Digital Infrastructure) in Shakopee, Scott County, Minnesota appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Shakopee Hyperscale Data Center Campus (NorthStar Digital Infrastructure)?

No lawsuit over Shakopee Hyperscale Data Center Campus (NorthStar Digital Infrastructure) appears in the record we track as of November 2, 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 Shakopee Hyperscale Data Center Campus (NorthStar Digital Infrastructure) use?

1.5 million gallons a day is the reported figure on record. Cooling is recorded as unknown. State dashboard estimates water use at 1.5 million gallons/day; cooling water system, method not specified; DNR water appropriation permit required

Who operates Shakopee Hyperscale Data Center Campus (NorthStar Digital Infrastructure), and how big is it?

NorthStar Digital Infrastructure LLC is the operator on record. Capacity on record is 80 MW. The site is recorded at 160 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Shakopee Hyperscale Data Center Campus (NorthStar Digital Infrastructure)," updated November 2, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/northstar-digital-shakopee-mn.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.35.1 (November 2, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/northstar-digital-shakopee-mn, retrieved November 5, 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.Shakopee Data Center, Minnesota coordinated permitting dashboard (MPCA/DNR) · State of Minnesota coordinated permitting (MPCA lead agency) · retrieved November 2, 2026

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