Technology
Hermantown council clears Google's 1.7m sq ft Minnesota data centre
After four hours of public comment and protests that twice postponed the vote, Hermantown's city council unanimously approved a development agreement, a special use permit and a $210m decommissioning plan for a 1.7 million-square-foot Google data centre on more than 200 acres outside Duluth. Attendance was capped at 85 people and residents were told to watch online. Most speakers opposed the project; the council framed its decision as a land-use question.