In Minnesota, Elk and Bloom townships formally oppose Geronimo Power's Nobles County project partly over water supply strain, with residents questioning the long-term viability of a closed-loop cooling system that has no operational precedent at the proposed scale.
In Grimes County, residents are pushing back against Geronimo Power's proposed data center, solar farm, and gas plant near Iola, highlighting a fundamental problem: the county lacks binding development standards or a comprehensive land-use plan.