Data centers in South Dakota
Every site we track in South Dakota, the jobs each one brings where a public source states them and the officials who represent them.
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What changed after November 3
Election Day was Nov 3, 2026. These are winners of AP-called races who take office in January 2027. Each links to its AP race call. This box covers races for governor, U.S. Senate and U.S. House only. Other statewide offices, such as lieutenant governor, are not included. Results are unofficial until South Dakota certifies them.
- Marty Jackley (R), U.S. Representative-elect, SD-AL. Called by AP. source
Sites in South Dakota
Sites with sourced job numbers first. Construction and permanent jobs are shown separately and never added together.
| Site | County | Status | Construction jobs | Permanent jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADP South Dakota Owner not yet confirmed | Minnehaha | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Big Watt Digital Sully Buttes Mining Facility Big Watt Digital | Sully | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| CSRE Properties South Dakota Blockchain Facility (Ben French Substation) CSRE Properties South Dakota, LLC | Pennington | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Gemini Data Center SD LLC Owner not yet confirmed | Minnehaha | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Golden West Rapid City Skyline Facility Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| Leola Data Center Leola Data Center, LLC | McPherson | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Microsoft Sioux Falls (proposed) Microsoft | Minnehaha | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Midco Sioux Falls Data Center Midco (Midcontinent Communications) | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| Midco Yankton Data Center Midco (Midcontinent Communications) | Yankton | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| SDN Communication Mark Shlanta Technology Park Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| SDN Communications Campus Sioux Falls South Dakota Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| Sequitor Edge Rapid City Sequitor Edge | Pennington | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Simple Mining Madison Bitcoin Hosting Site Simple Mining LLC | Lake | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Sioux Falls Technology Park (Gemini Data Center) Gemini Data Center SD LLC | Minnehaha | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| TierPoint Sioux Falls, East (SFE) TierPoint | Minnehaha | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| TierPoint Sioux Falls, West TierPoint | Minnehaha | Operating | not stated | not stated |
Counties with data center sites
What does this mean for your community?
Electric bills, water, housing and taxes in Data centers in South Dakota: sites, jobs and officials: what we know, what remains unknown and who can answer. Statewide figures are context, not forecasts for any one community.
Will my electric bill rise?
No sourced figure yet for this state.
- In writing
- No modeled or measured estimate of the effect on household bills has been published for this state.
- What remains unknown
- The effect on household bills in most states.
- Who can answer
- Your state utility commission and your utility's rate cases.
- Ask
- Will data centers pay the full cost of the power lines and plants built for them? Where is that written in a rate order?
How much water will it use?
No sourced figure yet for this state.
- In writing
- No tracked project in this state has a published water figure in our sources.
- What remains unknown
- Water use for nearly every other project.
- Who can answer
- Your local water utility and county commission.
- Ask
- How much water will this project use each day? Where will it come from?
Will housing get more expensive?
No sourced figure yet for this state.
- In writing
- No public body we found tracks data center effects on local rents or land prices.
- What remains unknown
- Effects on local land prices, rents and housing.
- Who can answer
- Local land records and planning commission minutes.
- Ask
- Has anyone studied what this project will do to local rents and home prices?
What are taxpayers giving up?
No sourced figure yet for this state.
- In writing
- No signed incentive record for a project in this state is in our sources yet.
- What remains unknown
- The full public cost and the net tax revenue for most projects.
- Who can answer
- Your state economic development agency and county commission.
- Ask
- What tax breaks does this project get? What must it deliver in return?
What the agreements say
No signed incentive agreement for a project in this state is in our sources yet.
Your officials in South Dakota
- Democrat (D)
- Republican (R)
- Independent (I)
- Party not listed
Incoming in January 2027
Marty Jackley R
"Whether as attorney general or a member of Congress, my position will be local control. Some communities don't want it; it should not be forced upon them." source