Candidates in two races for seats on the Clay County Commission debated issues ranging from taxes to data centers during a candidate forum Monday, Sept. 21.
On data centers…
A full room of guests listen and ask questions to Tom Berglind, Julian Dahlquist, Jenny Mongeau and Scott Steffes during the League of Women Voters’ Clay County Commission candidate forum on Monday, Sept. 21, 2026, at the Moorhead Public Library.
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Berglind said his support for data centers would depend on the resources needed for the data center and its environmental impact.
“And I would truly want to know what our citizens’ concerns are,” Berglind said.
Mongeau said she is opposed to large-scale projects like data centers circumventing local entities like townships and counties.
“We’ve had conversation, as of last week, about counties supporting moratoriums because the developments are happening much too fast for local ordinances to even keep up,” Mongeau said.
Each candidate said they would not sign a non-disclosure agreement for a data center project.