Xcel Energy Inc. plans to sell 348 acres of land at its Sherco location in Becker to an unknown company that could build a $1 billion data center project there. The utility said the new center is separate from a previously announced — but as yet unbuilt — data center by Google.
The Star Tribune has a report on the latest prospects for data center development at the Sherco site, where Minneapolis-based Xcel (NYSE: XEL) plans to wind down operations of three coal-fired generators over the next…