| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to local government; prohibiting data centers in certain districts; proposing |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 462. |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5 Section 1. [462.3655] DATA CENTERS. |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 Subdivision 1.Definitions.(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7the meanings given. |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8 (b) "Enterprise data center" means a facility comprised of one or more buildings that |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9are located on a single parcel or on contiguous parcels that: |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10 (1) in aggregate contains more than 800,000 square feet of space that house or support |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11the operation of enterprise information technology equipment; and |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12 (2) has a primary purpose of providing for the storage, management, or processing of |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13digital data. |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14 (c) "Enterprise information technology equipment" means computers and equipment |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15supporting computing, networking, or data storage, including but not limited to cabling and |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16racking systems; cooling systems, cooling towers, and other temperature control |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17infrastructure; and power infrastructure for transformation, distribution, or management of |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18electricity used for the maintenance and operation of a facility, including but not limited to |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19exterior dedicated business-owned substations, backup power generation systems, battery |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20systems, and related infrastructure. |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21 (d) "Industrial district" means an area of land that a municipality has defined by law, |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1.22rule, or ordinance to allow manufacturing facilities. |
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| 23 | 23 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 24 | 24 | | REVISOR MS/LJ 25-0152401/13/25 |
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| 25 | 25 | | State of Minnesota |
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| 26 | 26 | | This Document can be made available |
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| 27 | 27 | | in alternative formats upon request |
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| 28 | 28 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 29 | 29 | | H. F. No. 245 |
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| 30 | 30 | | NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 31 | 31 | | Authored by Roach, Altendorf, Bliss and Fogelman01/23/2025 |
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| 32 | 32 | | The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Elections Finance and Government Operations 2.1 (e) "Manufacturing facilities" means facilities used for the manufacturing, compounding, |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.2processing, packaging, treatment, or assembly of products and materials that may or may |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2.3not emit objectionable or offensive noise, odor, dust, vibration, or other discharge, emission, |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2.4or effect beyond the lot on which the use is located. Such uses include but are not limited |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2.5to sawmills; refineries; commercial feedlots; acid; cement; explosives; flour, feed, and grain |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2.6milling or storage; meatpacking and slaughter houses; coal or tar asphalt distillation; |
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| 38 | 38 | | 2.7rendering of fat, grease, lard, or tallow; alcoholic beverages; poisons; exterminating agents; |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2.8glue or size; lime; gypsum; plaster of paris; tanneries; automobile parts; paper and paper |
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| 40 | 40 | | 2.9products; glass chemicals, crude oil, and petroleum products, including storage; electric |
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| 41 | 41 | | 2.10power generation facilities; vinegar works; junkyard; auto reduction yard; foundry forge; |
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| 42 | 42 | | 2.11casting metal products; rock, stone, and cement products; lumberyards; machine shops; |
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| 43 | 43 | | 2.12products assembly; sheet metal shops; plastics; electronics; general nonalcoholic beverages; |
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| 44 | 44 | | 2.13signs and displays; printing; publishing; fabricated metal parts; appliances; clothing; textiles; |
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| 45 | 45 | | 2.14and used auto parts. |
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| 46 | 46 | | 2.15 Subd. 2.Limitation on data center siting.(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), a |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2.16municipality must not allow the development of an enterprise data center in any zoning |
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| 48 | 48 | | 2.17district. |
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| 49 | 49 | | 2.18 (b) A municipality may allow an enterprise data center as a conditional use in an industrial |
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| 50 | 50 | | 2.19district. |
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| 51 | 51 | | 2.20 EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.This section is effective June 20, 2025, and |
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| 52 | 52 | | 2.21applies to enterprise data centers constructed on or after that date. |
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| 53 | 53 | | 2Section 1. |
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| 54 | 54 | | REVISOR MS/LJ 25-0152401/13/25 |
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