Local View: Transparency a must in Hermantown development review

Local View: Transparency a must in Hermantown development review

Recent reports are that the city of Hermantown may be contemplating the development of a hyperscale data center within its borders and that the city, so far, has declined to confirm the reports. This is concerning on a few levels. Hyperscale data centers, which range in size into the millions of square feet, require massive amounts of energy, water, and metals, resources we can’t lightly just hand over to the world’s wealthiest corporations. Dat…