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Resident urges Mankato to withdraw from consideration of North Mankato data-center plans; city manager says city is not providing water
Summary
At the Sept. 8 meeting a resident urged the city to withdraw any participation in processes tied to a proposed North Mankato hyperscale data center, citing water and electricity concerns; City Manager Arntz clarified Mankato is not being asked to provide water service and is not processing an application for the project.
At the public open forum during the Sept. 8 Mankato City Council meeting, community member Benton Bakke urged the council to withdraw any Mankato resources from consideration in an AUAR-related process tied to a proposed hyperscale data center in North Mankato.
Bakke said he understood Mankato was not the decision-maker but warned that combined water-production capacity in Mankato and North Mankato "have only half of the production capacity that would be required for this facility, this 1 facility, at peak demand." He…
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