CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Linn County is seeking a $20,000 civil penalty against a Minnesota-based company after discovering 40 unpermitted wells at a data center construction site in Cedar Rapids.
In June 2025, a staff member from Linn County Public Health (LCPH) found an unpermitted dewatering well installed by Northern Dewatering at the QTS data center site.
After looking into it further, they discovered up to 40 additional unpermitted wells had been drilled…