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Hermantown commenters urge full environmental review, warn of trout‑stream and water impacts from proposed data center
Summary
Multiple residents told the Hermantown City Council they want a full Environmental Impact Statement and greater developer transparency for a proposed hyperscale data center, citing groundwater, trout‑stream protection, noise and municipal water use.
Several residents urged the Hermantown City Council on Wednesday evening to require a full environmental review of a proposed hyperscale data center, warning that the project could harm local groundwater, a brook‑trout stream and neighborhood life.
Joanne Bates, of 5369 Morris Thomas Road, told the council the data center "is using city water to run the plant" and said that choice could allow large users to avoid limits intended to preserve residential access to limited aquifers. Bates also said the facility’s planned air‑cooling would increase electricity use and noise and warned the project "will likely destroy a trout stream" that…
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