Inver Grove Heights faces legal threat over data-center moratorium
Attorneys for QLevr LLC have threatened legal action against Inver Grove Heights over a proposed one-year moratorium on new or expanded data centers, putting the city council's pending decisions on the project at risk.[1]
Council members plan a closed session to discuss the legal threat before a meeting that could finalize the moratorium and vote on QLevr's application at 6 p.m. Tuesday.[1] QLevr's attorneys say state law prevents the moratorium from applying to their already-filed application.[1]
QLevr LLC proposes a 54,000-square-foot data center at the former Travel Tags building on Carmen Avenue East in Inver Grove Heights.[1] The developers say the project would use about five megawatts of power and water roughly equal to one or two single-family homes by using closed-loop cooling.[1] The council is weighing the one-year moratorium to study infrastructure impacts if it is adopted.[1]
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- QLevr LLC proposes a 54,000-square-foot data center at the former Travel Tags building on Carmen Avenue East in Inver Grove Heights.
- The Inver Grove Heights City Council is considering a one-year moratorium on new or expanded data centers to study infrastructure impacts.
- QLevr’s attorneys sent a letter threatening legal action and asserting that state law prevents the moratorium from applying to their already-filed application.
- Developers say the project would use about five megawatts of power and water equivalent to one or two single-family homes via closed-loop cooling.
- The council will hold a closed session on the legal threat, then potentially finalize the moratorium and vote on QLevr’s application at a 6 p.m. Tuesday meeting.
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