Encompass Minneapolis Facility
6221 Holly Drive · Lino Lakes, Anoka County, MN
Source: OpenStreetMap
Encompass Minneapolis Facility is a mapped data center in Anoka County, MN. DataCentersExposed has documented a 74,101 sq ft footprint at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 12, 2026
Overview
source: linkFrom their website, "The facility houses a state-of-the-art teleport and specializes in disaster recovery uplink solutions, providing primary backup for key broadcast clients."
The grid behind this site, right now
source: MISO · gridstatus- Natural Gas34.4%
- Coal32.8%
- Solar15.4%
- Nuclear10.2%
- Wind4.1%
- Other2.2%
- Imports0.9%
Real-time generation mix for the MISO grid this site draws from, as of Aug 17, 2026, 8:05 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 News- Redevelopment plans for former Wells Fargo campus in south Minneapolis include housingStar Tribune· Jun 22, 2026
- Lino Lakes has booming housing and a potential legal disputeFinance & Commerce· Apr 24, 2026
- White Bear Township opposes data center developmentpresspubs.com· Mar 17, 2026
- David Brom, who killed four members of his family with an ax in 1988, released from prisonStar Tribune· Jul 29, 2025
- Wells Fargo corporate campus may undergo changespresspubs.com· Mar 26, 2025
- Rochester, Lino Lakes win big in water infrastructure fundingFinance & Commerce· Jan 6, 2025
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
No public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.
EPA permits & violations
source: EPA ECHONo reported violations as of last sync.
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, Rice Lake Elementary in Lino Lakes, is 1.2 mi from this site (666 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.