Data center profile · South of 85th Street NE and east of Highway 25, outside Monticello, Wright County, Minnesota

Monticello Tech Campus

Frattalone Companies' hyperscale data-center plan on about 547 acres outside Monticello, Minnesota, recommended 4-1 by the planning commission in Oct. 2026; lawsuit pending.

Council vote pending. The Planning Commission recommended the rezoning, preliminary plat and conditional use permit 4-1 on Oct. 6, 2026; the City Council has not voted, and the land must still be annexed. No tenant, MW figure or utility filing on record.
~547 acres
covered by the applications
filed as Edmonson Business Center (press); 550 acres in the city review
$2.5B-$5B
estimated project cost
developer narrative, as reported
4-1
planning commission vote to recommend
Oct. 6, 2026; council vote still ahead
2,400+
signatures on a petition to stop data centers in the city
plus a 1,600-member online group (press)
OperatorMonticello Tech, LLC (Frattalone Companies)
CustomerNone named
First building in serviceOur estimate: 2029 or later (no dated power path yet).
Next deadlineDec. 29, 2026: Pre-trial conference in the environmental group's lawsuit over the project
Power

Power and the grid

Sources on record, size not disclosed

Getting on the grid

Permits

Permits checklist

3 pending

City actions on record. A planning commission recommendation is not a decision.

Risks

What could slow it down

Lawsuits

1 case on record

Money

Money on record

$2.5B-$5B
estimated project cost
developer narrative (press) News report · Oct. 2025
$10,000
escrow for the city's review costs
developer pays all review and notice costs Local government · July 2026
Timeline

What happened, and what is due

SitePaper trailConstructionPowerPermitsMoneyLegalUpcoming
  1. Oct. 13, 2025
    Permits City Council approves the scope of an environmental review for the campus Local government · Oct. 2025
  2. April 27, 2026
    Permits City creates a data-center planned unit development ordinance with strict rezoning and permit rules News report · April 2026
  3. May 19, 2026
    Permits Wright County passes a one-year moratorium on township data-center applications; it does not cover this city project News report · May 2026
  4. Sept. 15, 2026
    Legal Environmental group's lawsuit over the project continues; petition against data centers passes 2,400 signatures (press) News report · Sept. 2026
  5. Oct. 6, 2026
    Permits Planning Commission recommends the rezoning, plat and permit 4-1 News report · Oct. 2026
  6. Oct. 14, 2026
    Permits Recommendations head to the City Council; annexation is also required News report · Oct. 2026
  7. Dec. 29, 2026
    Legal Pre-trial conference in the lawsuit News report · Sept. 2026
The buildings

Specs

3M sq ft up to, in multiple buildings on roughly 500 acres (press). News report · Oct. 2025

Who is involved

Owners, partners and builders

Owners
  • Frattalone Companies: developer, through Monticello Tech, LLC
Decision-makers
  • Monticello City Council: rezoning, plat, permit and annexation
  • Monticello Planning Commission: recommended 4-1 (Rick Kothenbeutel dissenting)
Power partners
  • Xcel Energy: utility named in the developer's narrative
Opponents
  • Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy (lawsuit)
  • Residents' petition and online group
Still unknown

Open questions

Where this comes from

26 records from 8 documents

Drawn from news reports and local government records, each kept with its date and source. The bar shows documents by type.

News report 5Local government 3
Evidence

Every quote behind this page

Grade key: A = the primary record itself (permit, filing, exhibit) · B = a dated official statement · C = news reporting. Map distances are our own measurements on OpenStreetMap and carry no grade. Allegations in lawsuits are marked as such in the quotes.

Power (2)
  • No MW has been stated by the city, the applicant or the utility on any basis.
    “The applications, submitted by Monticello Tech LLC under the name Edmonson Business Center, cover approximately 547 acres extending south to a public water basin.”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • The developer's narrative ties the site to Xcel Energy: great proximity to an Xcel power plant (the Monticello nuclear station) and Xcel has indicated the appropriate power infrastructure is in place. That is a developer
    “Xcel has indicated that the “appropriate power infrastructure is in place to facilitate the development,” according to the narrative.”
    News report · Oct. 2025 · grade C
Money and contracts (3)
  • Escrow Agreement (land-use review costs): escrow deposit 10000 USD
    “Contemporaneously with the execution of this Escrow Account, the Developer shall deposit $10,000.00 with the City.”
    Local government · July 2026 · grade B
  • Escrow Agreement (land-use review costs): review costs at developer expense
    “The costs for the City's review and all required notification and publication processes for the application shall be at the Developer's cost and expense.”
    Local government · July 2026 · grade B
  • DCD reports the Monticello Tech Park could see up to $5 billion invested, across a roughly 500-acre development totalling up to 3 million sq ft in multiple buildings. Figure is the developer-side projection as reported;
    “In discussions since last year, the project could see up to $5 billion invested.”
    News report · Oct. 2025 · grade C
Permits and government (5)
  • City of Monticello City Council:
    “On Monday, the City Council approved the AUAR Scoping Document, which outlines two development scenarios: one for a technology campus (data center) and one for light industrial use.”
    Local government · Oct. 2025 · grade A
  • Project status: entitlement stage only
    “The Monticello Planning Commission recommended approval of three applications this month that would establish the framework for a hyperscale data center campus south of 85th Street NE”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Planning Commission voted 4-1 on Oct 6, 2026 to recommend approval of the preliminary plat, rezoning and conditional use permit; Commissioner Rick Kothenbeutel was the lone dissenter. City Council decision was still pend
    “Commissioners voted 4-1 on Tuesday, Oct. 6 to recommend approval of a preliminary plat, rezoning and a conditional use permit. Commissioner Rick Kothenbeutel was the lone dissenter”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • City of Monticello Planning Commission:
    “Commissioners voted 4-1 on Tuesday, Oct. 6 to recommend approval of a preliminary plat, rezoning and a conditional use permit.”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • The City voted to initiate an AUAR for the Monticello Tech Campus (Frattalone Co: Alternative Urban Areawide Review INITIATED by city vote (Oct. 2025)
    “the City of Monticello this month voted to initiate an Alternative Urban Areawide Review (AUAR) to assess the potential impact of the project”
    News report · Oct. 2025 · grade C
Legal (1)
  • A lawsuit by the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy concerning the project was continuing as of the September 2026 Courier tracker, with a pre-trial conference set for December 29
    “However, the pre-trial conference is set for December 29, leaving a lot of time for changes to occur on both sides.”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
Site and other (2)
  • County code: 27171
    “The City of Monticello initiated an Alternative Urban Areawide Review (AUAR) for a proposed 550-acre technology campus by Monticello Tech LLC, located south of 85th Street and east of Highway 25”
    Local government · Oct. 2025 · grade B
  • A petition to stop any data center building in the city was signed over 2,400 times and a Facebook advocacy group attracted over 1,600 members (Courier tracker, Sep 2026)
    “A petition to stop any data center building in the city was signed over 2,400 times, and a Facebook group dedicated to discussion and advocacy around the issue has attracted over 1,600 members.”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C