WJON reports…

Communities across the United States have addressed the issue of data centers coming to their communities.  Sartell Mayor Ryan Fitzthum says the city of Sartell doesn’t not have a moratorium on data centers in their community.  He explains the city has not received a proposal for one but he wouldn’t be surprised if that were to happen at some point considering the size and scale of the city of Sartell.

Fitzthum says the action that the Sartell City Council has taken is to require a conditional use permit for any data center.  He explains what that means is that a data center can’t just stop into city hall and get a permit and start building.  Fitzthum says this would require staff, city council and public engagement with a developer to make sure the product they are bringing meets the needs of the community.  He says if a developer brought a data center plan to the city, they would consider it.