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Message: <blockquote data-quote="guywhofishes" data-source="post: 498553" data-attributes="member: 337"><h3>Casselton-area residents question data center location on prime farmland</h3>CASSELTON, N.D. — Caryn Weber said she is not against data centers, but questions the location of a proposed site in rural Cass County.“It’s disturbing to see prime farmland covered up with concrete,” Weber said Thursday inside Bondegard Cafe in downtown Casselton.Representatives of Geronimo Power, the company behind a proposed data center east of Casselton and north of Mapleton, answered questions about the <a href="https://geronimopower.com/in-development/harmony-energy-park/" target="_blank">Harmony Energy Park</a> project at the cafe.Data centers have become a main topic of discussion in North Dakota with more events on deck in Cass County.Tuesday, the Legislature’s Artificial Intelligence and Data Center Committee meets at 9 a.m. at Grand Farm, near Casselton. The <a href="https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/interim/27-5202-02000-meeting-agenda.pdf" target="_blank">agenda</a> includes water use by data centers, data center impact on local government and testimony from utility officials.The following week, on Oct. 14, North Dakota State University is hosting a data center discussion in Fargo. <a href="https://cisionone-email.media-relations.ndsu.edu/c/eJwszsFy4yAMxvGngZsyCAgxBw695DU6AkTDxDZZoPX27Xfc7fWvGf2-HPDmklckOeDNqxtqr7x8BMJ4JW20S8p5ZxPmRWHBqCInKvoqa3AUEybDnimld0SNhdRiERclrBo187P-gY3qyn3ArZQlWeuihdffMT4u50Gu4THnawjzJvRd6PtxHBf-4n3GXidfUtuEvrPQ91c7uNf9A-aDgSpwanvbviHTJEi8z9OgPcPe-nxApmebNKB8zs_OMGt68hyA3i9ea28XYxe5ca4EnVemwVBz-Anvv0GYN-OUt1b2QJnW_r29VhZW_Qj_ga3tdbZ-7pRjdubtfMPWFkSVgGPxYJ26AqEzkFSJWhn25VrkV9D_AgAA__9HzXrl" target="_blank">“Powering the AI Economy: Data Centers and North Dakota’s Future”</a> will be hosted by NDSU’s Challey Institute for Global Innovation and Growth. The event is in the NDSU Memorial Union starting at 5:30 p.m.Panelists include North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring and Paul Matthys, president and CEO of Cass County Electric Cooperative.Goehring, a Republican, is being challenged by Democrat Vern Thompson, who has made data centers a <a href="https://northdakotamonitor.com/2026/09/28/ag-commissioner-challenger-highlights-data-centers-incumbent-calls-move-grandstanding/" target="_blank">top issue</a>in the ag commissioner race.North Dakota residents have expressed concerns about noise, water use, utility rates and the loss of farmland.<a href="https://mydakotan.com/2026/10/casselton-area-residents-question-data-center-location-on-prime-farmland/" target="_blank">https://mydakotan.com/2026/10/casselton-area-residents-question-data-center-location-on-prime-farmland/</a>[ATTACH=full]87395[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

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