Amazon Becker Data Center (Suspended)
Amazon Web Services · Becker, MN · United States
Facility record
- Lifecycle
- CancelledSource-reported lifecycle
- Location precision
- approximate
- Address as listed
- Not published
- Coordinates
- 45.397, -93.876
- Serving utility, source-reported
- Xcel Energy
- Operational capacity, source-reported
- Not published
- Planned capacity, source-reported
- Not published
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-30
Source-reported capacity; not metered consumption. Review underlying documents and notes. Planned capacity may include future phases and is not added to operational capacity here. The source may use facility, grid-feed or IT capacity definitions; consult the linked documents.
Coordinate precision is a source label, not an independent parcel survey. A marker does not confirm utility territory or establish an effect on residential bills.
Reported lifecycle history
- Proposed
Amazon purchased 348 acres near Xcel Energy's retiring Sherco coal plant in Becker for $73.5M; multibillion-dollar data center planned as economic replacement for coal plant jobs
Underlying source - Cancelled
Amazon suspended plans citing 'uncertain' permit and utility agreement timelines; Minnesota lawmakers simultaneously reduced sales tax exemptions on electricity for large data center facilities
Underlying source
Source notes
Amazon has not officially sold the 348-acre parcel and has not ruled out revisiting the project; the cancelled status reflects indefinite suspension with no restart timeline. Near Xcel Energy's Sherburne County (Sherco) generating station, slated for retirement by 2030. Second major tech retreat from Becker after Google abandoned a $600M project in 2022. As of July 2026, the Star Tribune primary source could not be read; story confirmed by Data Center Dynamics and multiple other outlets.
Sources and provenance
- Amazon suspends Minnesota data center as lawmakers plan to reduce Big Tech tax breaks · source retrieved 2026-07-06
- Amazon Web Services suspends plans for Minnesota data center · source retrieved 2026-07-06
- HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (ORNL/DOE-CESER, 2023-08 vintage) · source retrieved 2026-07-23
- KNSI Radio — Amazon purchases 348 acres in Becker · source retrieved 2026-07-25
Power Wars capture: 2026-11-02. Compute Atlas, CC BY 4.0. Entries are not independently verified by Power Wars unless stated.