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South Dakota / SD

South Dakota data center and compute infrastructure research

This state has reviewed research coverage from the national 50-state Atlas. Exact project locations are published only after source evidence establishes coordinates; state-level, regulatory, utility and prospective evidence remains visible without inventing map precision.

7reviewed research rows
2confirmed rows
5accepted prospective rows
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South Dakota

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State research coverage

South Dakota is part of the 50-state research coverage.

The current reviewed research set contains 7 accepted evidence records for South Dakota, including 2 confirmed and 5 accepted prospective rows, with a research cutoff of 2026-08-20. These are evidence records, not a count of unique facilities.

Prospective records remain labeled as proposals, applications, forecasts, targets, queue entries or other non-operational states. The Atlas does not convert state-level or locality evidence into a precise project point unless a controlling source supports that location.

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Evidence-backed project locations

South Dakota project points

Source-exact records use supported coordinates. Dashed rings mark Census address-range geocodes, not rooftop or surveyed coordinates. Qualified research candidates are shown separately at Census locality or county centroids when that is the strongest source-backed geography; those markers do not claim a precise site coordinate.

2 mapped locations
Gemini Data Center SD / Gemini AdditionSioux FallsResearch candidate · locality centroid · exact site coordinate not claimed · planningProposed Gemini data center development with approved preliminary subdivision plan, subject to a domestic-water-use condition; project was reported unchanged in April 2026 while tenant development remained pending.verified media plus cityOpen source →
Documented project / site inventory

4 project, facility, campus or documented site records are tracked for SD.

This project layer combines available project-profile, permit/intent and civic-impact evidence. Records retain unresolved location precision and limitations rather than inventing coordinates.

Public records and supporting context

Development context

These dated decisions, filings, research collections and supporting-infrastructure records provide context. They are not additional data-center facilities.

Public agency starting point

City of Brookings Planning and Zoning

City of Brookings, South Dakota · City Planner

Contact about: Could you identify the current adopted city plan, public industrial land-use maps and the archive of planning staff reports?

rmiller@cityofbrookings-sd.gov

Source status: historical org page evidence. Verify the linked public source before relying on an assignment because staff and routing can change.

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SD data-center research sources

This record is a regional research collection or market overview. It is not an individual data-center facility.

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State contact routing

Where to start in South Dakota

Current source-backed route

Aberdeen Public Library

Contact about: Publicly accessible local-history and government-report research resources.

This route was retained from current or recently revalidated public-source evidence.

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