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Residents urge Hermantown council to reverse rezoning, oppose proposed data center near homes
Summary
Multiple residents told the Hermantown City Council they oppose a recently re-zoned site and a proposed data center, citing noise, generator size, wetlands and stormwater concerns, property-value loss and alleged secrecy. Speakers asked the council to rezone the site back to residential.
Several residents from Hermantown and neighboring Midway Township used the public-comment period to urge the Hermantown City Council to reverse a recent rezoning and block a proposed data center development.
Jeffrey Donahue, who lives about 4.8 miles from the site, said the project is an inappropriate heavy-industrial use in a residential area and argued the site cannot legally or logistically support a large data center. "The data center can't be built on this site. It is a heavy industrial use in a residential community. Can't be done," he said, and warned speculatively about generators and cumulative noise impacts.
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