Field Notes

🗳 Data Centers are on the ballot this November This election season ask candidates where they stand on data centers. Will they support strong statewide rules to protect our water, demand transparency, end tax breaks, require clean energy from the start, and give local communities a real voice? Minnesota’s 2025

🏛 Unfinished work: Data Center Laws MN Needs Minnesota’s 2025 data center law left major gaps that put communities, water, and local decision-making at risk. As lawmakers look ahead to the 2027 session, CURE is calling for stronger protections: a statewide permitting process, full environmental review, clean energy requirements, water

Data Center coming to your community? 👉  Start here. As big tech backed data center proposals keep popping up across Minnesota, more people are asking questions, getting organized, and stepping into local leadership. CURE’s new Local Action Hub gives communities the tools, videos, resources, and real-world stories they need to