Archer Datacenter Faribault
Archer Datacenter · Faribault, MN · United States
Facility record
- Lifecycle
- ProposedSource-reported lifecycle
- Location precision
- approximate
- Address as listed
- 15339 Acorn Trail
- Coordinates
- 44.3654972, -93.2871543
- Serving utility, source-reported
- Not established
- Operational capacity, source-reported
- Not published
- Planned capacity, source-reported
- 120 MW
- 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
No dated operational history is established in this record. Publication, discovery and source-update dates are not opening dates.
Source notes
Up to 500,000 sq ft across six one-story buildings, south of 150th Street West and east of Acorn Trail, north of the Daikin plant. Land acquired 2024; no formal application yet submitted to the city as of the source date. Project on hold pending redo of the city's environmental review after a June 2026 Minnesota Court of Appeals ruling found it non-compliant.
Sources and provenance
- Developer, city officials outline plans for proposed Faribault data center · source retrieved 2026-08-24
- City of Faribault — Archer Datacenters project page: ~87 acres, up to six buildings and 500,000 sq ft, EAW history, Court of Appeals ruling 2026-06-08, supplemental EAW due 2027-03-31 · source retrieved 2026-09-18
- Archer Datacenters — "Archer acquires land in Faribault, Minnesota, for 120MW data center campus": 84.3 acres, up to 500,000 sq ft · source retrieved 2026-09-18
- Where are data centers being proposed in Minnesota? We are tracking them. · source retrieved 2026-10-13
Power Wars capture: 2026-11-02. Compute Atlas, CC BY 4.0. Entries are not independently verified by Power Wars unless stated.