No price, IT capacity or commercial-operation date established by this release. Governmental approvals are a developer assertion; the individual approvals were not audited.
Hermantown approves Google agreements and local permit
MPR reported unanimous local approval of the development agreement, special-use permit and decommissioning plan at the October 30 meeting.
Hermantown, Minnesotalocal approvals reported
Sources and context
The article was published October 31; the meeting was Friday, October 30. An exact roll call and the executed agreements are unavailable in this record. Local approval does not settle separate electric-service review, litigation or construction readiness. This follows the October 19 terms announcement for the same project.
Hermantown presents revised Google agreement terms
The city announced that Google had dropped its tax-abatement request and presented infrastructure, well-protection and decommissioning terms ahead of local approval.
$130MCity-described public infrastructure funded by developerValue in October 19 presentation; developer pays constructionCity of Hermantown, Minnesota ↗
$448,000/yearEstimated annual city tax with proposed abatementFull-buildout forecast at assumed unchanged rateCity of Hermantown, Minnesota ↗
$3M/yearEstimated annual city tax without abatementFull-buildout forecast at assumed unchanged rateCity of Hermantown, Minnesota ↗
$210MParent-company decommissioning obligationPresentation describes CPI-indexed obligation for 50 years after completionNot a cash deposit, tax receipt or total project construction budget. Final executed obligation not read.City of Hermantown, Minnesota ↗
Hermantown, Minnesotarevised terms announced
Sources and context
These revised terms were announced ahead of the October 30 approval. Figures describe presented terms and forecasts; the final executed agreement was not available for review. Infrastructure value, tax forecasts and decommissioning obligations measure different things and cannot be added as project spending or public revenue.
Michigan conditionally approves DTE's Google service contracts
The MPSC conditionally approved special utility-service contracts for Google's planned Van Buren Township data center. Conditions address infrastructure costs, resource planning and protection of other DTE customers.
20 yearsProposed service-contract termPrimary Supply Agreement term described in the MPSC issue brief; approval remains conditional.Michigan Public Service Commission ↗
80 percentProposed minimum billing demandShare of contracted monthly demand billed as a minimum under the proposed agreement.Michigan Public Service Commission ↗
Van Buren Township, Wayne County, Michiganconditional approval
Sources and context
The MPSC regulates utility service; it does not decide local siting or construction permits. Acceptance of every condition and any later appeal were not independently verified.
Anthropic expands its Google and Broadcom compute agreement
Anthropic announced additional TPU capacity, with most of the new compute to be located in the United States.
United States majority; sites not disclosedcontract announced
Sources and context
Capacity is expected to start arriving in 2027. No state allocation or exact domestic share is disclosed. The scope of this expansion and earlier partnership announcements has not been reconciled; the figures cannot be added.