Officials from Rosemount, Dakota County and Gov. Tim Walz were all smiles Thursday morning as they announced Meta, the parent company of Facebook, will open an $800 million data center in Rosemount.
The data center is to be constructed on a 280-acre parcel of UMore Park, span over 700,000 square feet and will bring in 1,000 construction jobs.
Gov. Tim Walz, third from right, and other state, local and company officials pose with shovels Thursday as they announce that Meta, the parent company of Facebook, will open an $800 million data center in Rosemount. (Maraya King / Pioneer Press)
While the project has been in the works for some time, officials took the opportunity to formally announce and celebrate it at the Rosemount Community Center.
The Rosemount City Council approved a final site and building plan for the project in December. At the time, officials said the data center would support at least 50 on-site jobs.
The project, previously code named Project Bigfoot, met some resistance from residents who expressed concerns about environmental impacts, a lack of transparency and Meta as the end-user of the data center.
Councilmember Tami Klimpel, a resident of the area, said at the time she also had concerns but they had been addressed in the approved proposal.
The sale of the 280-acre parcel at UMore Park was approved by the University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents in September.
Funds from the nearly $40 million sale will go to the UMore Park Legacy Fund, which is used to fund special education and outreach projects.
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