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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 · Updated Jun 14, 2026

Real parent
Flexential Corp.
Operator
Flexential Corp.
Est. capacity
~25-55 MW
Footprint
135,505 sq ft
Water
386.2K gpd
Utility
City of Chaska
Grid
MISO
Attribution & capacity confidence:mediumprimary source
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Most sites are mapped — located but awaiting a second source. How we verify

Dot size = disclosed capacity (MW). Smallest = undisclosed, not small.

Overview

source: link

Flexential 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

The grid behind this site, right now

source: MISO · gridstatus
Clean right now
54%
Fossil right now
42%
Grid operator
MISO
  • 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.

Data-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.

Chaska Planning Commission
Jul 1, 2022 · 24 data-center mentions
Chaska City Council
Aug 15, 2022 · 19 data-center mentions
Chaska City Council
Oct 5, 2020 · 8 data-center mentions

Tax breaks & subsidies

source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77

No 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.

Statewide cost of this incentive

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.

source · All Minnesota subsidies →

Water use

  • Reported withdrawal66 gpd
    2021 · groundwater · matched by location (1,236 m, low confidence) · source
  • Reported withdrawal386.2K gpd
    2021 · groundwater · matched by location (140 m, medium confidence) · source
  • Reported withdrawal326K gpd
    2020 · groundwater · matched by location (140 m, medium confidence) · source
  • Reported withdrawal206.8K gpd
    2019 · groundwater · matched by location (140 m, medium confidence) · source
  • Reported withdrawal309.2K gpd
    2018 · groundwater · matched by location (140 m, medium confidence) · source
  • Reported withdrawal151 gpd
    2017 · surface · matched by location (1,418 m, low confidence) · source
  • Reported withdrawal359.8K gpd
    2017 · groundwater · matched by location (140 m, medium confidence) · source
  • Reported withdrawal349.2K gpd
    2016 · groundwater · matched by location (140 m, medium confidence) · source
  • Reported withdrawal417.3K gpd
    2015 · groundwater · matched by location (140 m, medium confidence) · source
  • Reported withdrawal434K gpd
    2014 · groundwater · matched by location (140 m, medium confidence) · source
  • Reported withdrawal394.1K gpd
    2013 · groundwater · matched by location (140 m, medium confidence) · source
  • Reported withdrawal332.4K gpd
    2012 · groundwater · matched by location (140 m, medium confidence) · source
  • Reported withdrawal374.5K gpd
    2011 · groundwater · matched by location (140 m, medium confidence) · source
  • Reported withdrawal236.2K gpd
    2010 · 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 ECHO

No reported violations as of last sync.

Air quality near this site

source: AirNow
42
PM2.5
Good
37
O3
Good

Air 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 2023
Median household income
$228.6K
People of color
19%
Below poverty
2%
Tract population
2,477

Demographics 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 / NCES

The 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.