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Apple Valley Technology Park (Oppidan/Rockport)

Apple Valley, Dakota County, Minnesota · All 3 Oppidan Investment Company sites

CancelledOpposedRecord updated August 24, 2026

Apple Valley Technology Park (Oppidan/Rockport) is a cancelled data center in Apple Valley, Minnesota (Dakota County), operated by Oppidan Investment Company. The public record puts it at 134 acres. It faces documented, organized local opposition.

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Facility record

Cancelled

Operator
Oppidan Investment Company
Facility type
Data center
Location
Apple Valley, Dakota County, MN, 55124
Coordinates
44.7546, -93.1732 (approximate)
Power capacity
Not established from a public source
Land
134 acres
Investment
Not established from a public source
Announced
Not established from a public source
Utility
Not established from a public source
Cooling
Not established from a public source
Water use
Not established from a public source
Jobs
200 permanent
Public subsidy
Not established from a public source
Community reception
Opposed
Source confidence
Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation

Opposition and litigation at this site

Yes. Organized local opposition to Apple Valley Technology Park (Oppidan/Rockport) in Apple Valley, Dakota County, Minnesota is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. City council unanimously rejected the project 2026-03-26, following the planning commission's denial recommendation, citing conflicts with the city's Comprehensive Plan and inability to fund required water-treatment expansion.

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.

City council unanimously rejected the project 2026-03-26, following the planning commission's denial recommendation, citing conflicts with the city's Comprehensive Plan and inability to fund required water-treatment expansion.

Source: Sun Thisweek / Hometown Source

Notes on the record

Five-building, ~1.05M sq ft campus proposed on the former Fischer Aggregate/AVR sand-and-gravel site (Orchard Place) southwest of County Road 42 and Pilot Knob Road; developer claimed ~$1.08B construction-phase GDP contribution. Denial was final after the developer's extension expired 2026-03-31.

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 utility serves it
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.
Which utility serves it
The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.

Have one of these documents? Send it to us and we will add it to the record with attribution.

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 Apple Valley Technology Park (Oppidan/Rockport) data center in Apple Valley?

Yes. Organized local opposition to Apple Valley Technology Park (Oppidan/Rockport) in Apple Valley, Dakota County, Minnesota is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. City council unanimously rejected the project 2026-03-26, following the planning commission's denial recommendation, citing conflicts with the city's Comprehensive Plan and inability to fund required water-treatment expansion.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Apple Valley Technology Park (Oppidan/Rockport) data center?

No lawsuit over Apple Valley Technology Park (Oppidan/Rockport) 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 Apple Valley Technology Park (Oppidan/Rockport) use?

No water withdrawal figure for Apple Valley Technology Park (Oppidan/Rockport) 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 Apple Valley Technology Park (Oppidan/Rockport), and how big is it?

Oppidan Investment Company is the operator on record. We hold 3 sites for that company across the registry. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 134 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Apple Valley Technology Park (Oppidan/Rockport)," updated August 24, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/oppidan-apple-valley-technology-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/oppidan-apple-valley-technology-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.Apple Valley continues to deny data center use · Sun Thisweek / Hometown Source · retrieved August 24, 2026
  2. 2.Apple Valley Planning Commission Recommends Denial of Proposed Data Center Project · retrieved August 24, 2026
  3. 3.Apple Valley Just Killed a 1-Million-Sq-Ft Data Center · South Metro Scoop · retrieved August 24, 2026

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