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Tech giant Google is no longer moving forward with plans to build a data center in the central Minnesota city of Becker. In filings with the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission last week, Xcel Energy said it has terminated its agreements with Honeycrisp Power LLC, a Google affiliate, after the company failed to provide a notice to proceed with the project. It’s a blow to Becker, whose leaders hoped the data center would provide employment and economic growth amid the closure of a massive… Source link

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Former tennis star Boris Becker was sentenced to more than two years in prison on Friday after he illegally transferred large amounts of money after declaring that he was bankrupt, according to The Associated Press. Becker was convicted in London earlier this month on four charges under the country’s Insolvency Act, per the report. Officials said that the 54-year-old transferred hundreds of thousands of pounds from his business account to other accounts after he declared bankruptcy in… Source link

BECKER — With state bonding funds secured, Becker is another step closer to what it hopes will be a bustling business park. Legislators agreed on a bonding bill in October, and the $1.9 billion spending package included $20.5 million for the Becker business park. Becker is hoping to be home to a new Google Data Center, and this state funding is considered a key to redevelopment efforts tied to the incremental planned closure of Sherco, an Xcel coal-powered generating plant set to be… Source link