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Real Estate Scam Prompts Data Center Moratorium Talks In Kasson Township

By Craig Manning | June 10, 2026

The Kasson Township Board will consider adopting a temporary ban on data centers at their regular June meeting, scheduled for this evening (Wednesday). The potential moratorium comes at the request of the township’s planning commission, which has been fielding questions and concerns about data centers from residents ever since a bogus real estate ad popped up online this spring. That ad, which purported to offer 200 acres of land for sale near Cedar, specifically framed the listing as “a strategic location for data center development.”

“What started us looking into data centers and doing some possible ordinance work on the subject was that someone put up a large parcel of …

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