Bruce Palmer 5/17/26 Bruce Palmer 5/17/26

Data Centers Are 2026’s Biggest Issue- Vern Is On It!

Vern’s leadership on North Dakota data centers features prominently in a May 16, 2026 InForum column: McFeely: Slam the brakes on data centers

“It’s the wild, wild West. These are multi-billion dollar conglomerates and, because they have money, they can just run people over to get what they want.” Vern Thompson

Bruce Palmer 5/13/26 Bruce Palmer 5/13/26

No More NDAs

The following Letter to the Editor was published on May 13th, 2026, in the Fargo newspaper, InForum:

A data center is coming to your town. If North Dakota continues down the same path, you won’t find out about it until it’s too late to ask questions.

Bruce Palmer 5/11/26 Bruce Palmer 5/11/26

Vern Leads on Data Centers, Featured in ND Monitor Article

Thompson doesn’t want to stop the tech industry from doing business in the state, but he said he wants to avoid the land becoming the “wild west.”

“The way things are going, people and property are going to be harmed,” he said. “We have to do it right.”

Bruce Palmer 5/5/26 Bruce Palmer 5/5/26

Vern Thompson on Data Centers: “It's the Wild, Wild West Out There"

Data centers. Bakken East. Big projects with big consequences — decided behind closed doors, away from the people who have to live with them.

Vern sat down with Tyler Axness on Afternoons Live at KFGO to call it out. He's naming names and building a 10-point plan to give communities a real voice.

Hit play. Ten minutes. Worth your time.