DataBank
8111 Oxbow Creek Drive North · Brooklyn Park, Hennepin County, MN
Source: OpenStreetMap
DataBank is an operating data center in Hennepin County, MN, operated by DataBank Holdings, Ltd.. DataCentersExposed has documented 9 MW of reported power capacity and a 114,648 sq ft footprint at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 18, 2026
Overview
source: linkdata center
Operator chain
- Ultimate parentDataBank Holdings, Ltd.
- Files asDataBank Holdings, Ltd.
- This facilityDataBank
The grid behind this site, right now
source: MISO · gridstatus- Natural Gas33.4%
- Coal28.2%
- Solar13.1%
- Imports11.0%
- Nuclear9.7%
- Other3.0%
- Wind1.6%
Real-time generation mix for the MISO grid this site draws from, as of Jul 15, 2026, 9:20 PM. ISO-wide, not this facility's own metering. Source: gridstatus.
Grid & water — why here
source: HIFLD · EPAThe closest existing grid infrastructure and the municipal water system this location sits in — the same constraints the buildout model screens on (it won't site a campus more than ~2 km from a substation or ~5 km from municipal water). Distances are straight-line to public HIFLD/EPA features, not a metered connection.
In the news
source: Google NewsData-center discussions in Hennepin County
source: LocalView (CC0)Local-government meetings in this county that discussed data centers, each cued to the moment. From the public LocalView corpus of government meetings on YouTube — a county-level signal, not necessarily about this specific site.
Tax breaks & subsidies
source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.
Minnesota reported $68.7M in Qualified Data Center Equipment sales/use tax exemption (Minn. Stat. § 297A.68 subd. 42) — evaluation actuals for FY2024 (Minnesota Legislative Budget Office (LBO) / University of Georgia evaluators). Program-wide, not attributable to this site.
Water use
- Reported withdrawal8.2K gpd2021 · groundwater · matched by location (250 m, medium confidence) · source
- Reported withdrawal22K gpd2020 · groundwater · matched by location (822 m, low confidence) · source
- Reported withdrawal397 gpd2015 · groundwater · matched by location (594 m, low confidence) · source
- Reported withdrawal397 gpd2015 · groundwater · matched by location (545 m, low confidence) · source
- Reported withdrawal671 gpd2015 · groundwater · matched by location (479 m, medium confidence) · source
- Reported withdrawal447 gpd2015 · groundwater · matched by location (393 m, medium confidence) · source
- Reported withdrawal921 gpd2015 · groundwater · matched by location (306 m, medium confidence) · source
- Reported withdrawal4.7K gpd2015 · groundwater · matched by location (541 m, low confidence) · source
- Reported withdrawal4.7K gpd2015 · groundwater · matched by location (614 m, low confidence) · source
- Reported withdrawal4.7K gpd2015 · groundwater · matched by location (658 m, low confidence) · source
- Reported withdrawal1K gpd2015 · groundwater · matched by location (811 m, low confidence) · source
- Reported withdrawal51.4K gpd2015 · groundwater · matched by location (764 m, low confidence) · source
- Reported withdrawal4.7K gpd2015 · groundwater · matched by location (459 m, medium confidence) · source
- Reported withdrawal921 gpd2015 · groundwater · matched by location (649 m, low confidence) · source
- Reported withdrawal30.4K gpd2014 · groundwater · matched by location (1,401 m, low confidence) · source
- Reported withdrawal74.6K gpd2013 · groundwater · matched by location (1,494 m, low confidence) · source
Location-matched records come from state withdrawal reporting, which redacts owner names in the public release. A nearby withdrawal point is circumstantial evidence — the distance and confidence shown are part of the claim.
EPA permits & violations
source: EPA ECHONo reported violations as of last sync.
Environmental permits
source: Permit register- Clean Air Act permitted sourceMN0000002705301296NAICS 518210; ECHO compliance status: No Violation Identified
Air quality near this site
source: AirNowAir Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (Northern Twin Cities Metro), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.
Who lives nearby
source: Census ACS 2023Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.
Nearest school
source: HIFLD / NCESThe nearest public school, Oxbow Creek Elementary in Champlin, is 1.2 mi from this site (1,028 students).
Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).
Hearings timeline
No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.