Sites / MN / Sherburne
Amazon Web Services Becker Data Center
Status: announced · Confidence: medium
Facts
| Operator | Amazon Web Services (hyperscaler) |
|---|---|
| Location | Becker, Sherburne, MN |
| Land | 348 acres |
| Investment | $73560000 |
| First recorded | 2026-07-07 |
| Last updated | 2026-07-07 |
Signal notes
348-acre site adjacent to Xcel's Sherco coal plant in Becker, MN (Sherburne County). investment_usd (73,560,000) is the reported price paid for the site, not total project spend. Plans were suspended/paused (May 2025) during a dispute over Minnesota data-center tax-credit legislation; Amazon retained the land. The status enum has no "suspended/paused" value: recorded as `announced` (pre-construction, not abandoned since the land was retained and the dispute may resolve) rather than `cancelled`, with the suspension noted here. Single-source (DCD), hence medium confidence.
Sources
- Amazon Web Services suspends plans for Minnesota data center — DataCenter Dynamics, 2026-07-06
Land, investment, and suspension all from this single source.
Signals
Raw observations behind this record (3):
sig-20260706-aws-becker-investment,
sig-20260706-aws-becker-land,
sig-20260706-aws-becker-status
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