# Elk River Technologies *Name of the intermediary through which Amazon bought land at Becker, Minnesota, for a later-suspended data center campus.* Elk River Technologies is the name of an intermediary through which [[Amazon]] bought 348 acres at [[Becker]], [[Minnesota]], for $73.5 million, according to the project's at-issue catalogue. The catalogue entry describes the intermediary as "marketed as" Elk River Technologies.[^1] The same entry records that Amazon planned a multibillion-dollar campus on the site and suspended the project in May 2025. The suspension followed two state actions: Minnesota regulators declined to fast-track permits for 250 backup diesel generators, and the state repealed the data center electricity sales-tax exemption. As of the catalogue entry, Amazon still owns the land.[^1] The record shows this sequence. It does not establish Amazon's reasons for the suspension. ## Who The catalogue entry names Amazon as the buyer of the Becker land and as the company that planned and then suspended the campus. Elk River Technologies is identified only as the intermediary used for the purchase.[^1] The entry does not name the regulator that declined to fast-track the generator permits. It also does not give the legislative vote, the party, or the date of the sales-tax exemption repeal.[^1] ## What The catalogue entry describes a 348-acre parcel at Becker, bought for $73.5 million, for a planned multibillion-dollar data center campus that was suspended.[^1] ## When The project was suspended in May 2025. The catalogue entry does not give the date of the land purchase or the date of the tax-exemption repeal.[^1] ## Where The land is at Becker, Minnesota.[^1] ## How much The catalogue entry gives the purchase price as $73.5 million. It describes the planned campus as multibillion-dollar.[^1] ## How many The entry counts 348 acres. The generator permits that state regulators declined to fast-track covered 250 backup diesel generators.[^1] ## In the at-issue record - **AI-Sherburne-066** (Sherburne package, section *III. The Tax Base Being Retired*, rank 66): sets Amazon's Becker land purchase through "Elk River Technologies" against the May 2025 suspension of the project. The suspension followed the state's refusal to fast-track the generator permits and its repeal of the data center electricity sales-tax exemption. The entry lists three sources, drawn from news and record kinds on house.mn.gov and startribune.com. None of them is among the citable URLs. Its federal anchor is the presidential action cited below.[^1] ## Notes [^1]: The White House, *Restoring Integrity to America's Financial System* (presidential action, May 2026) — the federal anchor that the project's at-issue catalogue (entry AI-Sherburne-066, from the Sherburne Energy Brief) attaches to the Becker land-purchase pair. The figures above (348 acres, $73.5 million, May 2025 suspension, 250 generators, the exemption repeal) are the catalogue entry's own. The pack does not show this document stating them. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/05/restoring-integrity-to-americas-financial-system/