Overview
- City leaders recessed a Monday meeting and rescheduled the vote for 8 a.m. Friday so council members could review confidential information delivered late that day.
- The proposal calls for a roughly 50,000–54,000-square-foot data center near Carmen Avenue East that developers want considered under existing zoning rules.
- Residents in the chamber booed the abrupt adjournment and said the early Friday hearing time will prevent many working people from speaking.
- Council members specifically cited unresolved noise-testing questions as a reason to delay action, and developers have warned of legal action if the council does not follow zoning law.
- The dispute reflects a wider trend of Minnesota cities pausing data-center approvals to study impacts on power, water, noise and land use and could affect whether the moratorium applies to this pending application.