I attended the South-Central Minnesota Data Center Forum earlier this month (and posted notes). Today, with permission, I’m happy to share the official notes from hosts Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation, Region 9 and SE MN Together.

Thank you for attending the South-Central Minnesota Data Center Forum on Wednesday, November 12th. With over 100 attendees and 6 expert speakers, the event highlighted the desire for education and conversation on this emerging issue. As a follow-up, we have a recorded version of the forum, the slides from our speakers, and their contact information. Feel free to share these resources with people in your network! Additionally, the Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation and SE MN Together are hosting two additional Data Center Basics 101 events in Spring Grove (Dec.18) and Austin (Jan 14.). Registration for those events is listed below. 

 

Recording: 

 

Panel 1 Speakers 

Thom Jackson, Senior Mechanical Engineer, Dunham Associates  thomas.jackson@dunhameng.com

Carrie Jennings, Research and Policy Director, Freshwater cjennings@freshwater.org

Tim Stoner, General Manager,  Blue Earth Light and Water tim.stoner@belw.org 

Panel 2 Speakers 

Thomas Lambrecht, Economic Development Services Manager, Great River Energy tlambrecht@grenergy.com

Sarah Mooradian, Government Relations & Policy Director, CUREMN sarah@curemn.org 

Andy Wilke, Executive Vice President, Greater Mankato Growth awilke@greatermankato.com

Upcoming Data Center Basics 101 Events 

Data Center Basics 101 – Spring Grove  Thursday, December 18 

Data Center Basics 101 – Austin Wednesday, January 14 

If you have any key takeaways, questions, or feedback from the event that you’d like to share with the event organizers, please don’t hesitate to reach out.