Skip to content
Gridcensus

Datacenter Sites in St. Louis County, Minnesota

St. Louis County has 179 scored datacenter candidate sites averaging 54.1/100 DC Readiness, with a catalogued aggregate of 8,250 MW. FEMA rates local natural-hazard risk as "Relatively Moderate". The county has a datacenter tax incentive on record.

At a glance

St. Louis County, Minnesota has 179 scored datacenter candidate sites averaging 54.1/100 DC Readiness, roughly in line with the Minnesota average of 56.0. It ranks 3rd of 85 Minnesota counties by number of sites and 69th by average score. The top-scoring site is OZ St. Louis · f5b33ddd at 65.5/100.

179
Candidate sites
54.1/100
Avg DC Readiness
8,250 MW
Catalogued capacity
theoretical aggregate
Relatively Moderate
Hazard rating
◆ Loading map…
≥ 7560–7540–60≤ 40
Top 25 in St. Louis County

Site-selection context for St. Louis County

Yessales_tax_exemption
Datacenter tax incentive
14.97¢/kWh
Commercial electricity
8.39¢/kWh
Industrial electricity
15
Fiber providers
Low
Water stress
$3,927
Land price / acre
600
Cooling degree days
7,700
Heating degree days
42°F
Mean annual temp

Incentive detail: Sales tax exemption on DC equipment and electricity for qualified DCs.

How does St. Louis County compare with other counties in Minnesota?

By number of scored sites, St. Louis County ranks 3rd of the 85 Minnesota counties with a county page, holding 5.6% of the state's 3,216 sites. Its average DC Readiness of 54.1/100 ranks 69th in the state and is roughly in line with the national average of 53.0. Nationally it has the 129th-largest site inventory of 2,964 counties with five or more sites. 0 sites score 70 or higher and 90 score 55 or higher.

What types of datacenter sites are in St. Louis County?

Industrial sites are the most common (87, 49% of the county's inventory), followed by substation-adjacent (50) and former mine (20). Site type reflects how the parcel was identified — next to a substation, on a former mine or brownfield, on industrial or federal excess land — and is scored on the same 14 factors either way.

What are power cost, hazard, water and fiber conditions in St. Louis County?

Industrial electricity averages 8.39¢/kWh and commercial 14.97¢/kWh. FEMA's National Risk Index rates the county "Relatively Moderate" (25). WRI water stress is low. 15 fiber providers report service in the county. The climate runs 600 cooling degree days a year with a mean temperature of 42°F. Land is valued around $3,927 an acre.

By site type

Top datacenter sites in St. Louis County

Top datacenter sites in St. Louis County
SiteTypeVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
FORBESSubstation-Adjacent500 kV1,000 MW4.3 yrs65.5
OZ St. LouisGreenfield——4.3 yrs65.5
OZ St. LouisGreenfield——4.3 yrs64.3
UNKNOWN129377Substation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW4.3 yrs61.4
SHANNONSubstation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW4.3 yrs60.4
Greenfield (ROSEAU COUNTY - FORBES)Greenfield500 kV1,000 MW4.3 yrs59.3
Greenfield (FORBES - CHISAGO)Greenfield500 kV1,000 MW4.3 yrs58.6
UNKNOWN130349Substation-Adjacent115 kV100 MW4.3 yrs57.7
UNKNOWN130417Substation-Adjacent138 kV100 MW4.3 yrs57.4
UNKNOWN129280Substation-Adjacent138 kV100 MW4.3 yrs57.4
UNKNOWN129275Substation-Adjacent138 kV100 MW4.3 yrs57.4
TAP134629Substation-Adjacent138 kV100 MW4.3 yrs57.4
UNKNOWN129384Substation-Adjacent115 kV100 MW4.3 yrs57.0
UNKNOWN129391Substation-Adjacent115 kV100 MW4.3 yrs57.0
TAP134728Substation-Adjacent115 kV100 MW4.3 yrs57.0
UNKNOWN129305Substation-Adjacent115 kV100 MW4.3 yrs57.0
TAP134638Substation-Adjacent115 kV100 MW4.3 yrs57.0
TAP134628Substation-Adjacent115 kV100 MW4.3 yrs57.0
TAP134630Substation-Adjacent115 kV100 MW4.3 yrs57.0
TAP134634Substation-Adjacent115 kV100 MW4.3 yrs57.0
UNKNOWN129382Substation-Adjacent115 kV100 MW4.3 yrs57.0
UNKNOWN130722Substation-Adjacent115 kV100 MW4.3 yrs57.0
TAP134635Substation-Adjacent115 kV100 MW4.3 yrs57.0
TAP134633Substation-Adjacent115 kV100 MW4.3 yrs57.0
UNKNOWN129315Substation-Adjacent115 kV100 MW4.3 yrs57.0

Every scored site in St. Louis County

All 179 sites, best first.

St. Louis County datacenter FAQ

How many datacenter sites are in St. Louis County?

179 scored datacenter candidate sites, averaging 54.1/100 DC Readiness. That is the 3rd-most of 85 Minnesota counties with five or more sites.

What is the highest-scoring datacenter site in St. Louis County?

OZ St. Louis · f5b33ddd scores 65.5/100 DC Readiness, the highest of the 179 scored sites in St. Louis County (a greenfield site).

Does St. Louis County offer datacenter tax incentives?

Sales tax exemption on DC equipment and electricity for qualified DCs.

What is the natural-hazard risk in St. Louis County?

FEMA's National Risk Index rates St. Louis County as "Relatively Moderate" (score 25).

What are industrial electricity rates in St. Louis County?

Average industrial electricity is 8.39¢/kWh and commercial is 14.97¢/kWh in St. Louis County.

More in Minnesota

About this data

Source: GridCensus composite of HIFLD transmission and substation data, EIA, FEMA National Risk Index, FCC broadband data, PeeringDB and ISO interconnection queues, as published November 13, 2026 — GridCensus refreshes it monthly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: GridCensus, “Datacenter candidate sites in St. Louis County, Minnesota”, https://gridcensus.com/datacenter-sites/minnesota/st-louis-county (data as of November 13, 2026).

Dataset updated . Screening estimates derived from public data sources.

Go deeper than the public screen

Every site and score for St. Louis County, Minnesota is free to browse. Pro adds Watchtower on 25 sites, alerts when new candidate sites, datacenters or interconnection-queue requests appear in your markets, score and capacity history, and CSV export. Enterprise adds team seats, weekly data files for all 147,272 sites, the REST API and an MCP server for AI tools.

See plansTalk to us