The Brief
- Inver Grove Heights is a facing legal warning as it both weighs a data center moratorium and considers approving an application for a new data center in the city.
- QLevr is seeking to build a 54,000 square-foot data center at the former Travel Tags building on Carmen Avenue East.
- QLevr’s attorneys sent a letter warning of legal action if the council’s decision is not guided by standard zoning laws.
INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, Minn. (FOX 9) – The City of Inver Grove Heights has been threatened with potential legal action over a proposed data center in the city, as the city considers a ban on data centers.
Planned data center
The backstory:
The property owner, QLevr LLC, is looking to build a 54,000 square-foot facility at the former Travel Tags building on Carmen Avenue East.
Plans for the data center have been in the works for months, and this project is what prompted the city to move forward with the data center moratorium. The council will consider the application for the project at its meeting on Tuesday.…