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Farmington Technology Park / Tract

Farmington, Minnesota, United StatesStatus under reviewProgram
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Updated
Oct 28, 2026

In a September 16, 2026 update, Farmington city said plaintiffs had filed dismissals in both legal matters involving the city and that final court directions were still awaited. This procedural development is not a final merits judgment or proof that every development approval is complete. Tract's Farmington Technology Park has completed major land-use, environmental-review and platting steps, and the city approved two updated additions and development contracts in April 2026. The approved Phase 1 is preliminary grading; future data center buildings still require site-plan review.

Capacity

Operating IT capacity: Not established in published records

A missing figure does not mean zero. Planned, utility and generation figures are not operating IT capacity.

Development

Environmental review and master-plan entitlementsPlanned

12 buildings

Land-use ceiling allows up to 12 data center buildings and two administrative buildings, but creates no vertical facility record.

Phase 1 preliminary gradingAnnounced or preconstruction

Phase 1 is site work at the developer's risk and excludes a data center building start.

Future vertical developmentPlanned

Any data center building requires later Planning Commission/City review and remains outside the current canonical record.

Milestones (8)
Farmington adopts final technology-park AUAR

Nov 4, 2024 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Permit filed

Source not linked
City approves preliminary master-plan entitlements

Nov 4, 2024 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Permit approved

Source not linked
City approves final plat and PUD

Nov 18, 2024 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Permit approved

Source not linked
Coalition files challenge

Nov 29, 2024 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Permit filed

Source not linked
City approves Tract development contract

Dec 2, 2024 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Customer commitment

Source not linked
Regional planning approval completed

May 14, 2025 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Permit approved

Source not linked
Court allows legal proceedings to continue

Nov 13, 2025 · Event timing type not established

In progress · Permit filed

Source not linked
Two technology-park additions approved

Apr 20, 2026 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Customer commitment

Source not linked

Participants

MNLCO Farmington Two, LLC

Developer

Sources by role
Developer (1)
MNLCO Farmington, LLC

Developer

Sources by role
Developer (1)
Tract

Developer

Sources by role
Developer (1)
Developer (1)
Other participants (3)
City of Farmington

Government authority

Sources by role
Government authority (1)
Government authority (1)
Government authority (1)
Dakota County District Court

Government authority

Sources by role
Government authority (1)
Metropolitan Council

Government authority

Sources by role
Government authority (1)

Site & development

Auar study area

Actual

343 acres

Source

Final plat area

Actual

338.35 acres

Source

North lot area

Actual

150.74 acres

Source

Utility lot area

Actual

2.07 acres

Source

South lot area

Actual

185.54 acres

Source

Data center building ceiling

Design

12 buildings up to

Source

Administrative building ceiling

Design

2 buildings up to

Source

North data center floor area ceiling

Design

1,600,400 square feet up to

Source

South data center floor area ceiling

Design

933,800 square feet up to

Source

Future site plan requirement

Forecast

Planning Commission approval required before any data center building or ancillary use construction

Source

Specific development application status

Actual

None received by the City at the November 2025 update

Source

Additional project facts

South lot floodplain

Actual

69 acres approx

Source

Auar legal effect

Actual

Planning and environmental review tool; does not approve or deny a project

Source

Final plat and pud status

Permitted

Approved

Source

Litigation status

Actual

Legal proceedings continue after denial of City motion to dismiss

Source

Split addition status

Actual

1St and 2nd Additions and updated development contracts approved

Source

Phase scope

Actual

Limited preliminary grading subject to City Engineer requirements and performed at developer risk

Phase 1 preliminary grading · Phase

Source

Later phase controls

Forecast

Site plan approval and recorded Site Improvement/Performance Agreement required

Future vertical development · Phase

Source

Infrastructure & permits

Technical details (2)
Electric grid

Planned or represented

Northwest portion of the southern lot is reserved for future electric utilities and identified as a potential substation location; no utility or capacity is disclosed.

Water supply

Secured or contracted

Updated development contracts revise infrastructure deadlines and cap annual municipal water usage, but the accessible memorandum does not state the numerical cap.

Other · Issued

Farmington Technology Park study area

City of Farmington

Nov 4, 2024

Sources (2)
Other · Issued

Farmington Technology Park

City of Farmington

Nov 4, 2024

Sources (1)
Other · Issued

Farmington Technology Park

City of Farmington

Nov 18, 2024

Sources (2)
Other · Issued

Farmington Technology Park

City of Farmington

Dec 2, 2024

Sources (1)
Other · Issued

Farmington Technology Park

Metropolitan Council

May 14, 2025

Sources (1)
Other · Denied

Farmington Technology Park litigation

Dakota County District Court

Nov 13, 2025

Sources (1)
Other · Issued

1st and 2nd Additions

City of Farmington

Apr 20, 2026

Sources (2)
Other · Applied

future data center buildings

City of Farmington

Sources (3)

Public-source research. Plans may change. See Evidence for sources and qualifications.