South Dakota index · last changed 14 September 2026
South Dakota data centers: what the public record shows.
Selected source-linked records are published below. This is not a complete inventory of South Dakota data centers.
Explore South Dakota
Map, listings and checked facts.
Start with 5 licensed source leads, then inspect the separate public-evidence layer below. Licensed rows are not independently verified and are not a statewide census.
South Dakota map
Reported locations in South Dakota
5 licensed rows · 4 source localities · 3 map targets
Browse 3 mapped areas as links
Map sources and method
The state outline is adapted from the U.S. Census Bureau 2025 cartographic boundary file. Facility coordinates are adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak, edition 1.33.0, under CC BY 4.0. Outline and markers use one geographic projection before any explicitly disclosed readability offset. Exact singleton source anchors are never moved. A one-kilometre boundary tolerance prevents the simplified 1:20,000,000 outline from hiding legitimate border-area source points; farther conflicts are disclosed, not clamped. DataCenterData groups source-reported city coordinates only within a bounded map radius; the outline does not validate a facility record.
Browse all 5 rows below. Licensed rows are not independently verified and remain separate from the checked public-evidence layer.
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source-reported cancelledPlanned 430 MWSource updated 25 July 2026exact locationView facility →
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source-reported proposedPlanned 50 MWSource updated 13 September 2026approximate locationView facility →
dcd-dir-000860
South Dakota evidence at a glance
A few checked sites
Selected public evidence, not a statewide census. Each row shows whether it is independently source-linked, attributed, or unresolved; licensed leads remain separate.
- Published project / campus
- 1
- Published facility / building
- 0
- Attributed or unresolved rows
- 0
- Licensed directory leads
- 5 not independently verified
- Capacity boundary stated
- 0 of 1 published DataCenterData rows
- Review timing
- Audit through 11 September 2026 · next 13 March 2027
GOED project announcements and incentive records were not searched.
Browse all 5 South Dakota licensed leads → · Why these counts differ →
Projects
1 project record. Names are as they appear on each record page.
| Gemini Addition | approvedproject · municipal rezoning and preliminary-subdivision approval only | UnknownNo independently supported figureThe reopened municipal records publish no critical-IT, gross-facility, utility-request, utility-service, generation, or measured-load MW. The reported 500 MW developer figure is excluded. | Sioux Falls Planning Commission — Gemini Addition preliminary subdivision staff report →Gov. record |
Where the records were checked
Statewide audit pending
A few checked sites
This is not a list of every data center in the state, and the number here is not a count of them. There are almost certainly more.
Statewide coverage is not complete. The records below are sourced; a full statewide count has not been published.
State research audit window ended 11 September 2026. Individual records and claims below show their own evidence dates and may be newer.
Next scheduled review: 13 March 2027.
1 independently source-linked project/campus record; 0 independently source-linked facility/building records; 0 attributed or unresolved rows. These counts use different units and must not be added together.
Source families checked, selected records and remaining gaps
These notes name selected records, say which kinds of public evidence were checked and show what remains missing. They do not add anything to the published counts.
- economic development incentives — Partly checked
- GOED project announcements and incentive records were not searched.
- sdlegislature.gov bill records for HB 1005, SB 135 and HB 1038 were not yet reviewed directly; findings rest on search results.
- the current review did not include a broad discovery sweep before further incentive searches.
Selected records
- Rhoden signs 'Data Center Bill of Rights' bill · SDPB
- Lawmakers kill bid to entice data centers to South Dakota with tax exemptions · SiouxFalls.Business
- Data center tax break proposal fails in South Dakota legislative committee · South Dakota Searchlight
- utility commission large load — Checked
- EL25-019 application and exhibits not read.
- NorthWestern Energy, Black Hills Power and Otter Tail 2026 ten-year plans not yet reviewed directly.
- Confidential exhibits (EL26-008 original Exhibit 1) not accessible.
- Pre-2025 dockets not reviewed.
Selected records
- All 2026 Electric Dockets (EL26-001 to EL26-028) · South Dakota Public Utilities Commission
- All 2025 Electric Dockets (EL25-001 to EL25-041) · South Dakota Public Utilities Commission
- Docket EL26-008: Black Hills Power Blockchain Interruptible Electric Service Agreement · South Dakota Public Utilities Commission
- environmental construction permits — Partly checked
- No DANR permit database query was possible; historical notices not reviewed.
- Stormwater construction general permit coverage lists not checked.
- City building permits (Sioux Falls, Rapid City) not checked.
Selected records
- DANR public notices and permit categories index · South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources
- South Dakota Air Quality - Air Quality Permitting · South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources
- municipal planning assessor gis — Partly checked
- The October 2025 annexation resolution was not retrieved. The January 6, 2026 City Council minutes were separately reopened during publication review; their dynamic OnBase meeting page remains on manual monitoring.
- Minnehaha County, Lincoln County, Pennington County, Sully County and Rapid City records not yet reviewed directly.
- Deuel County zoning board minutes and the December 16, 2025 meeting video not reviewed.
- No assessor or GIS parcel queries.
Selected records
- Council Meetings & Agendas - City of Sioux Falls · City of Sioux Falls
- Planning Commission Meeting - 7/2/2025 - OnBase Agenda Online · City of Sioux Falls
- Planning Commission Meeting 7/2/2025 agenda packet (staff reports) · City of Sioux Falls
- tax abatement development agreements — Partly checked
- Sioux Falls annexation resolution and notice of claim for infrastructure obligations (Gemini site) not retrieved.
- County discretionary formula resolutions statewide not searched; the current review did not include a broad discovery sweep.
Selected records
- Deuel County Commissioners minutes, June 3rd, 2025 Regular Meeting · Deuel County, South Dakota
- Deuel County Commissioners minutes, August 5th, 2025 Regular Meeting · Deuel County, South Dakota
- operator disclosures — Partly checked
- AWS, Microsoft, Oracle and Apple location disclosures not checked for South Dakota.
- Applied Digital investor materials and press releases not read.
- Data Center Map lists 8 Sioux Falls facilities from 4 operators; other operators' pages not yet reviewed directly.
Selected records
- Data Centers in South Dakota · TierPoint
- Sioux Falls - West Data Center · TierPoint
- Data Center | SDN Communications · SDN Communications
- open datasets directories — Checked
- Directory listings not yet reviewed directly.
Selected records
- Compute Atlas snapshot 71df145 extract for SD · Compute Atlas
- Sioux Falls Data Centers - 8 Facilities from 4 Operators · Data Center Map
- Gemini Data Center: Sioux Falls Technology Park Data Center · Baxtel
- historical closures withdrawals names — Partly checked
- South Dakota Searchlight, KELOLAND and Data Center Dynamics articles on the Applied Digital status could not be retrieved during review.
- No archived-page or historical closure sweep was possible after the current review did not include a broad discovery sweep.
Selected records
- Deuel County Commissioners minutes, August 4th, 2026 Regular Meeting · Deuel County, South Dakota
- news and other discovery — Checked
- South Dakota Searchlight articles were blocked by a bot wall.
Selected records