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Google data center approved in Minnesota after protests delayed votes

Original: Google data center wins approval in Minnesota after protests delay council vote twice — 200-acre project moves forward d

Google's proposed 200-acre data center in Hermantown, Minnesota has won council approval after local protests twice delayed the vote. Residents opposed the project, prompting the company to scale down parts of its plans before councillors signed off. The approval clears a major hurdle for the development, though opposition from some community members remains.

Why now: Local opposition and repeated council delays made the final approval a notable turning point in the debate over data center expansion.

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• Google data center wins approval in Minnesota after protests delay council vote twice — 200-acre project moves forward despite opposition from local residents, tech giant scales down project a… Google’s proposed Hermantown data center has cleared a major approval hurdle after… · techwire@gamefan.net · 3

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