DataBank MSP2 East Twin Cities Data Center (3255 Neil Armstrong Blvd, Eagan, Minnesota)

Name: DataBank MSP2 East Twin Cities Data Center (3255 Neil Armstrong Blvd, Eagan, Minnesota)
Address: US

Operational

United States · 1 project · Last reported 2026-10-01

Summary

DataBank's release of 1 October 2026 announces that it has acquired the previously leased building at 3255 Neil Armstrong Blvd, Eagan, that houses its MSP2 data center, and describes MSP2 as a critical digital infrastructure node serving as the Minneapolis market's second major carrier hotel, relied on by enterprise and institutional clients. This records existing operation on 1 October 2026; it is not an opening date. evidence

DataBank · published 2026-10-01

Location

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Projects (1)

DataBank MSP2 — existing data-centre and carrier-hotel operations

Operational last observed as of 2026-10-01 · Authoritative status update

DataBank's page for 'East Twin Cities Data Center (MSP2), 3255 Neil Armstrong Blvd - Eagan, MN 55121' describes the Twin Cities' second carrier hotel: a multi-tenant facility with 48,860 IT sq ft, 5 MW critical IT load, 21 onsite carriers, 2N power, N+1 cooling, a dedicated DataBank cloud node, FedRAMP certification and 100% renewable power. evidence

DataBank · publication date not stated

Companies

Operator: DataBank (current) evidence
Owner: DataBank (current) evidence

Source and location review

Status source

DataBank press release: DataBank Acquires Building Housing MSP2 Data Center in Minneapolis evidence row
DataBank · published 2026-10-01 · Company disclosure

Locator

Project locator · Official source · official_tax_parcel_centroid evidence

Source checks

Not reviewed against imagery not_reviewed
No imagery review is recorded for this project. Its status rests only on the dated authoritative source. · no independent imagery verification

Status age at review: 26 days before the data update on 2026-10-27

Location details

Coordinates: 44.83857, -93.14569
Geometry licence: public-record-source-terms
Use scope: Project locator
Scope class: official_tax_parcel_centroid
Authority: Official source
Source entity: Campus
Method: dakota_county_parcel_layer_pin_037_102251501030_polygon_centroid
Derivation: direct_geometry
Precision scope: Centroid of Dakota County tax parcel PIN 037-102251501030 (3255 Neil Armstrong Blvd, Eagan; 7.88 acres, about 176 by 235 m), the parcel at the address DataBank gives for MSP2. It locates the parcel, not the building footprint or data halls.
Horizontal uncertainty: Not reported
The county publishes no positional accuracy for parcel polygons; the point is the centroid of a 7.9-acre parcel whose building is not separately located.
Geometry evidence: 66718c64

A locator places the site on the map. It is not a building footprint, a construction extent or a surveyed boundary unless the use scope is an official boundary, and even then it is a parcel or permit boundary.

Evidence

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Evidence for DataBank MSP2 East Twin Cities Data Center (3255 Neil Armstrong Blvd, Eagan, Minnesota)
Title	Publisher	Roles	Published	Retrieved	Licence	Attribution	Content hash (SHA-256)
Dakota County, Minnesota, tax parcels (CommunityMaps layer 4): PIN 037-102251501030, 3255 Neil Armstrong Blvd, Eagan Archived copy	Dakota County, Minnesota Government record	Geometry	not stated	2026-10-26	public-record-source-terms	Dakota County, Minnesota	`894f7368ab5fc060298df7793e723d7ca5b8b1316196f22905f83205d88f4197` Retained source material; see source provenance
DataBank press release: DataBank Acquires Building Housing MSP2 Data Center in Minneapolis Archived copy	DataBank Company disclosure	Physical status, Operator claim, Owner claim	2026-10-01	2026-10-26	all-rights-reserved	DataBank	`66f981d4c10e6c2ec9f52b9e7937d8791d30566308d28ba4ecf15adbaa1fc946` Retained source material; see source provenance
DataBank: East Twin Cities Data Center (MSP2), Eagan Archived copy	DataBank Operator website	Site and project identity	not stated	2026-10-26	all-rights-reserved	DataBank	`a15b9e6621690985825d1e8a94164d065aacb38a9f39243f1ab796e313d8113d` Retained source material; see source provenance

Cite this site

Kyars, K. (2026). DataBank MSP2 East Twin Cities Data Center (3255 Neil Armstrong Blvd, Eagan, Minnesota) [site vcc-site-57d107faa5247458cea1]. In Data Center Atlas (2026-10-27) [Data set]. https://kiankyars.github.io/datacenter-atlas/sites/vcc-site-57d107faa5247458cea1/

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