River Run Energy Center / NextEra data center campus
Stanton, Mercer County, ND
River Run Energy Center / NextEra data center campus is an announced data center project in Stanton, ND, backed by NextEra Energy Resources with Basin Electric Power Cooperative. Basin Electric's official press release (dated 2026-04-09, covering the March 30, 2026 open house) confirms a proposed 1,450 MW gas plant powering a multi-gigawatt NextEra data center campus near Stanton, an $18B+ investment with ~230 jobs.
Project status
- Announced December 2025
- Permitting
- Under constructionNot yet
- OperationalNot yet
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Records and documentation
North Dakota state legislation
- S3379 - Data Center Water and Energy Reporting ActRequires water and energy reporting by data centers.Download
- HB1427 - Authorization for the public service commission to regulate the siting compatibility for data centers; and to provide a penalty.Description comingDownload
Site details
- County
- Mercer County, ND
- Address
- Stanton, ND
- Stage
- Announced
Capacity and size: not on file
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ComEd customers could pay billions for data center hookups, warns utility watchdog groupShaw Local Enewspapers
An $8 billion Treasury break helped Meta’s tax rate hit 2%. Senators want data center tax answersFortune
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Finns Are Seething After Google Illegally Toppled 250,000 Trees for a Data CenterMother Jones
Google offer to pay others to help data center powerArkansas Online
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