Local View: Answers needed on resources-hogging Hermantown data center

Local View: Answers needed on resources-hogging Hermantown data center

Now we know that the Fortune 50 company behind the secretive Hermantown hyperscale data center proposal is Google. The company’s announcement on March 3 came with typical fanfare, including the promises of jobs, tax revenue, and investments in batteries and wind power. As others have said, we with the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy are glad these important priorities are part of the conversation. But there is much to consider that G…