Flexential Minneapolis - Chaska
3500 Lyman Boulevard · Chaska, Carver County, MN
Source: OpenStreetMap
Flexential Minneapolis - Chaska is an operating data center in Carver County, MN, operated by Flexential Corp.. DataCentersExposed has documented a 135,505 sq ft footprint at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 14, 2026
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Overview
source: linkFlexential Minneapolis - Chaska is an operating colocation data center in Chaska, Carver County, Minnesota, run by Flexential Corp. The site spans a reported 135,505 square feet. It draws power from the City of Chaska utility inside the MISO grid.
Operator chain
- Ultimate parentFlexential Corp.
- Files asFlexential Corp.
- This facilityFlexential Minneapolis - Chaska
The grid behind this site, right now
source: MISO · gridstatus- Wind21.6%
- Natural Gas21.4%
- Coal20.5%
- Solar18.4%
- Nuclear14.1%
- Imports2.2%
- Other1.8%
Real-time generation mix for the MISO grid this site draws from, as of Jun 16, 2026, 4:35 PM. ISO-wide, not this facility's own metering. Source: gridstatus.
In the news
source: Google NewsData-center discussions in Carver 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 withdrawal66 gpd2021 · groundwater · matched by location (1,236 m, low confidence) · source
- Reported withdrawal386.2K gpd2021 · groundwater · matched by location (140 m, medium confidence) · source
- Reported withdrawal326K gpd2020 · groundwater · matched by location (140 m, medium confidence) · source
- Reported withdrawal206.8K gpd2019 · groundwater · matched by location (140 m, medium confidence) · source
- Reported withdrawal309.2K gpd2018 · groundwater · matched by location (140 m, medium confidence) · source
- Reported withdrawal151 gpd2017 · surface · matched by location (1,418 m, low confidence) · source
- Reported withdrawal359.8K gpd2017 · groundwater · matched by location (140 m, medium confidence) · source
- Reported withdrawal349.2K gpd2016 · groundwater · matched by location (140 m, medium confidence) · source
- Reported withdrawal417.3K gpd2015 · groundwater · matched by location (140 m, medium confidence) · source
- Reported withdrawal434K gpd2014 · groundwater · matched by location (140 m, medium confidence) · source
- Reported withdrawal394.1K gpd2013 · groundwater · matched by location (140 m, medium confidence) · source
- Reported withdrawal332.4K gpd2012 · groundwater · matched by location (140 m, medium confidence) · source
- Reported withdrawal374.5K gpd2011 · groundwater · matched by location (140 m, medium confidence) · source
- Reported withdrawal236.2K gpd2010 · groundwater · matched by location (140 m, medium 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.
Air quality near this site
source: AirNowAir Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (Southern 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, 112 Alc Middle School in Chaska, is 0.7 mi from this site (366 students). 7 public schools sit within a mile of the site.
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.