Data Center Local Action

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We’re sharing resources to help Minnesota residents understand what’s at stake, demand transparency, and organize for a real say in decisions that could affect their water, electricity, land, and quality of life.

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Grassroots Data Center Groups

Coalition for Responsible Data Center Development (Farmington) 
Visit DataCenterResponsibility.com

Nobles County for Data Center Transparency
Join the Facebook Group

Stop the Hermantown Data Center
Visit StopTheHermantownDataCenter.org

Stop the Monticello Data Center
Join the private Facebook Group

Stop the Pine Island Data Center
Join the Facebook Group


PODCAST
Resisting Hyperscale Data Centers with Aubree Derksen (Pine Island) & Bill Saville (Monticello)
 

Data Center Community Videos

9 Videos

CURE Data Center Webinars

Data Center Fact Sheets

More Data Center Resources

MN Cities with Data Center Moratoriums & Ordinances

BLUE PIN = Data Center Ordinance • ORANGE PIN = Data Center Moratorium

  1. Eagan
  2. Carver
  3. Inver Grove Heights
  4. New Brighton
  5. Waite Park
  6. Montevideo
  7. St. Joseph
  8. Rosemount
  9. Lonsdale
  10. Le Sueur County
  11. Mankato
  12. Wright County
  13. Monticello
  14. Bloomington
  15. Northfield
  16. Sartell
  17. Brainerd
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Kelsey Olson

Kelsey Olson

Director of Environmental Stewardship

Kelsey Olson (she/her) joined CURE in 2025 as its Director of Environmental Stewardship. As a skilled environmental naturalist, Kelsey’s work focuses broadly on environmental education and advocacy with a keen focus on rural land use and how that use impacts our environment and climate. Working Lands, how land is used to support agriculture and forestry, is a key focus of her work. She brings 15 years’ experience in public communication, environmental education, and rural community engagement – strong communication strategies are core in her work. This includes two terms of service with AmeriCorps in the VISTA program in Oregon and Maryland and a nearly 10-year career as a naturalist followed. She recently worked on communications and marketing for rural economic development.

Kelsey lives in New London, MN, with her young children, husband, dog, and two cats. They enjoy spending time together outside and finding small treasures in nature. Visits to Minneapolis often include visits to one of their favorite historical museums, the American Swedish Institute. Kelsey enjoys experimenting in the kitchen, canning local produce, and making kombucha.