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Research records retain their sources, dates and location limits. Counts are not a census of operating buildings. Company name links alone do not establish ownership or operation.", "collection": { "kind": "counties", "key": "27137", "label": "St. Louis County, Minnesota" }, "records": [ { "id": "google-hermantown-mn", "state": "mn", "kind": "project", "name": "Google Hermantown Data Center", "group": "proposed", "status": "Service agreement under review", "raw_status": "proposed", "status_field": "current_status", "crypto": false, "type": "Data center (inventory classification)", "counties": [ "St. Louis" ], "city": "Hermantown", "address": "", "who": "Google", "end_user": "", "mw": null, "power": "", "power_note": "", "investment": "", "jobs": "", "acres": null, "utility": "", "water": "", "incentives": "", "note": "Manual source context is available for this inherited inventory record. The inventory label and approximate geography are retained for discovery. This is not certification of current operation, ownership, a separate physical building, technical capacity or a precise parcel. Missing fields remain unknown. Minnesota PUC named ESA index, no final order reviewed. Captured PUCpage says agreement under review, but passed comment deadline not a final decision. Generic statutory annual2to5Mfee is demand-dependent policy, not an awarded/paid site amount. Separate PineIsland EchoZone docket26-170 not Hermantown. No site MW from backup-generation permit thresholds. 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The dot is placed inside the county for the map and is not the site, its address or a parcel." }, "reviewed_evidence": [ { "overlay": "government-primary-review-round7-2026-10-14.json", "scope": "Minnesota PUC named ESA index, no final order reviewed", "fields": { "hermantown_service_applicant": "Harmony Group LLC,Alphabet/Google subsidiary", "hermantown_esa_filing_date": "2026-03-26", "hermantown_utility_docket": "26-159", "hermantown_comment_deadline": "2026-08-28" }, "notes": [ "Captured PUCpage says agreement under review, but passed comment deadline not a final decision. Generic statutory annual2to5Mfee is demand-dependent policy, not an awarded/paid site amount. Separate PineIsland EchoZone docket26-170 not Hermantown. 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This does not resolve a parcel, building allocation or distinct physical-site census; inherited project-code aliases are retained rather than independently certified.", "electric_service_agreement_review": { "utility": "Minnesota Power", "named_counterparty": "Harmony Group, LLC", "reported_affiliation": "Alphabet/Google subsidiary, as identified by the PUC", "docket": "26-159", "filed_on": "2026-03-26", "status": "Under review on the cited PUC summary", "scope": "Public regulatory context only; no legal entity/ownership crosswalk or load figure is inferred." }, "current_status_basis": "The Minnesota PUC currently lists Minnesota Power/Harmony Group LLC’s Hermantown electric service agreement as under review, filed March26,2026. The regulator identifies the Google affiliation. A filed agreement is not PUC approval, a construction permit, an energized facility or commissioned power; the page’s elapsed comment deadline does not prove a decision." }, "notes": [ "Partial record/field review only. No point movement, exact opening day, commissioned IT capacity, or whole-state freshness certification." ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://mn.gov/puc/activities/v-l-e-c/data-centers/", "host": "mn.gov", "published": "", "date": "", "checked": "2026-10-16", "label": "Minnesota Public Utilities Commission reviewed primary source" }, { "url": "https://www.datacenters.google/locations/", "host": "www.datacenters.google", "published": "", "date": "", "checked": "2026-10-16", "label": "Google official location source" } ], "checked": "2026-10-16", "whole_record_certified": false } ], "manual_source_reviewed": true, "whole_record_certified": false, "field_evidence_present": true, "inventory_label_retained": true, "precision_label": "Exact site not published; shown at county level", "summary": "Hermantown · St. Louis · Source context reviewed", "status_scope": "The Minnesota PUC currently lists Minnesota Power/Harmony Group LLC’s Hermantown electric service agreement as under review, filed March26,2026. The regulator identifies the Google affiliation. A filed agreement is not PUC approval, a construction permit, an energized facility or commissioned power; the page’s elapsed comment deadline does not prove a decision.", "location_display": { "policy": "reviewed-map-references-2026-10-23", "decision": "withheld_unreviewed_point", "scope": "The available point evidence does not establish a supported site location. No site pin, nearby distance or aerial destination is published. The original coordinate and its provenance remain in research history.", "county_display": "27137" } } ], "compilation_license": "withheld_pending_owner_decision" }