South Dakota index · last changed 12 September 2026
South Dakota research coverage.
See the available records, draft source-family audit and remaining research gaps. A state page is not a complete inventory of its data centers.
Research coverage
Research draft available; independent coverage review pending
Research draft available. Candidate findings and statewide coverage await independent review.
Draft source attempts: 2026-09-11 through 2026-09-11. These are draft audit dates, not a new independent check.
0 reviewed project/campus records; 0 reviewed facility/building records; 0 uncounted records. Inventories are non-additive.
Draft source-family roster and gaps
- economic development incentives — searched_partial
Source references: SD-S0053, SD-S0054, SD-S0055
- GOED project announcements and incentive records were not searched.
- sdlegislature.gov bill records for HB 1005, SB 135 and HB 1038 were not opened; findings rest on search results.
- WebSearch budget for the session was exhausted before further incentive searches.
- utility commission large load — searched
Source references: SD-S0002, SD-S0003, SD-S0004, SD-S0005, SD-S0006, SD-S0007, SD-S0008, SD-S0009, SD-S0010, SD-S0011
- EL25-019 application and exhibits not read.
- NorthWestern Energy, Black Hills Power and Otter Tail 2026 ten-year plans not opened.
- Confidential exhibits (EL26-008 original Exhibit 1) not accessible.
- Pre-2025 dockets not reviewed.
- environmental construction permits — searched_partial
Source references: SD-S0012, SD-S0013
- 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.
- municipal planning assessor gis — searched_partial
Source references: SD-S0014, SD-S0015, SD-S0016, SD-S0017, SD-S0018, SD-S0019, SD-S0020, SD-S0021, SD-S0022, SD-S0023, SD-S0024, SD-S0025, SD-S0026, SD-S0027
- Sioux Falls January 6, 2026 rezoning ordinance and October 2025 annexation resolution not retrieved (OnBase item pages are script-driven).
- Minnehaha County, Lincoln County, Pennington County, Sully County and Rapid City records not opened.
- Deuel County zoning board minutes and the December 16, 2025 meeting video not reviewed.
- No assessor or GIS parcel queries.
- tax abatement development agreements — searched_partial
Source references: SD-S0028, SD-S0029
- Sioux Falls annexation resolution and notice of claim for infrastructure obligations (Gemini site) not retrieved.
- County discretionary formula resolutions statewide not searched; WebSearch budget for the session was exhausted.
- operator disclosures — searched_partial
Source references: SD-S0030, SD-S0031, SD-S0032, SD-S0033, SD-S0034, SD-S0035, SD-S0036
- 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 opened.
- open datasets directories — searched
Source references: SD-S0001, SD-S0037, SD-S0038
- Directory listings not opened.
- historical closures withdrawals names — searched_partial
Source references: SD-S0039, SD-S0040, SD-S0041, SD-S0042, SD-S0043
- South Dakota Searchlight, KELOLAND and Data Center Dynamics articles on the Applied Digital status were blocked (HTTP 403).
- No archived-page or historical closure sweep was possible after the WebSearch budget was exhausted.
- news and other discovery — searched
Source references: SD-S0044, SD-S0045, SD-S0046, SD-S0047, SD-S0048, SD-S0049, SD-S0050, SD-S0051, SD-S0052
- South Dakota Searchlight articles were blocked by a bot wall.
No reviewed records published. This does not mean there are no data centers in this state.