Hermantown officials deceived citizens, manipulated public process to pave way for data center

Remember the horrendous trailer park? How could no one know?

Quite frankly, it does not sound like anyone cares about the residents of Hermantown.

The way they treated Resberg. SMH.

Once again, excellent reporting.

Holy cow, wow. The secrecy, the bold manipulation of the planning documents to set up for this water and power hungry development. Hiding, hiding, hiding, even when directly asked questions by the neighboring residents.

Call for Mayor Boucher’s resignation.

Not only are they water and power hungry. Data centers provide very few jobs and receive incredible tax breaks.

https://mn.gov/deed/business/financing-business/tax-credits/data-center-credit/

Data Center Sales Tax Exemptions
A qualified data center, qualified large-scale data center, or qualified refurbished data center may claim the exemptions for purchases made within 35 years of the date of its first purchase qualifying for the exemption.

Benefits
Qualifying projects receive sales tax exemptions on:

Computers and servers
Cooling and energy equipment
Software

Greedy politicians hope to ruin a bedroom community.