Nobles County, Minnesota is located in the southwestern corner of the state, approximately 200 miles from major Texas datacenter markets and outside the direct service area of Texas-based datacenter infrastructure operators.
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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.