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Data centers in Brown County, South Dakota

No data center in Brown County is on the record. The nearest one planned is Leola Data Center, about 30 miles away, reported. The nearest running is Applied Digital Polaris Forge 1 (Ellendale) in North Dakota, about 30 miles away.

No county rule about data centers is on the record for Brown County itself; 1 body inside it has a scorecard row. The latest decision on the record: Aberdeen City Council held first of three meetings on Monday to discuss proposed data center ordinance (Aberdeen), August 17, 2026.

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The closest data centers to Brown County

The nearest data center planned, the nearest running, and any stalled or cancelled within 50 miles, in South Dakota and the states that border it. Each distance is a straight line between the two points it names.

  1. Nearest one planned

    Reported

    Site not located

    Leola Data Center

    Leola, McPherson County

    Latest, reported September 2, 2026: In 2023, South Dakota PUC approved Montana Dakota Utilities request to establish new rate available to data center type facilities housing high density computer processing technology

    About 30 miles from the center of Brown County to Leola, the seat of McPherson County.

    yahoo.com national outlet
  2. Nearest one running

    Running

    Site not located

    Applied Digital Polaris Forge 1 (Ellendale)

    Ellendale, Dickey County · Applied Digital

    Latest, reported October 2, 2026: Applied Digital announced that 250 MW of critical IT load is now operational at its Polaris Forge 1 campus in Ellendale, North Dakota, after the second phase of Building 2 reached Ready for Service, adding 75 MW across three 25 MW data halls; the fully leased campus is contracted to deliver 400 MW of critical IT load at full buildout.

    About 30 miles from the center of Brown County to the center of Ellendale.

    ir.applieddigital.com primary source

What Brown County has decided 1 body, 1 decision on the record

What the county and the cities in it have done about data centers: each body on its own row with its rating, open, case by case, restrictive or closed, never good or bad, and every vote, ordinance, moratorium or agreement one tap away, newest first, with its source.

BodyLevelRatingIn force untilLatest actActsVerified
Aberdeencitynot ratedAberdeen City Council held first of three meetings on Monday to discuss proposed data center ordinance. yahoo.com national outlet Aug 171 act on this row
Every act on the Aberdeen row
  1. hearing

    Aberdeen City Council held first of three meetings on Monday to discuss proposed data center ordinance

    yahoo.com national outlet

Last verified August 18, 2026.

12026-08-18

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The rules across South Dakota

What happened

  1. yahoo.com national outlet

South Dakota, year by year

Nearby places with records

30 miles away Leola: 1 data center on the record.
30 miles away, North Dakota Ellendale: 1 data center on the record.
36 miles away, North Dakota Dickey County: 1 data center on the record.
44 miles away McPherson County: 1 data center on the record.
106 miles away, North Dakota Cass County: 1 data center on the record.
119 miles away, North Dakota Harwood: 1 data center on the record.

Distances run between the centers the Census Bureau gives each place. Every South Dakota county.

Questions about Brown County

Is there a data center near Brown County?

No data center in Brown County is on the record. The nearest one planned is Leola Data Center, about 30 miles from the center of Brown County to Leola, the seat of McPherson County, reported. The nearest running is Applied Digital Polaris Forge 1 (Ellendale) in North Dakota, about 30 miles from the center of Brown County to the center of Ellendale.

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Is Brown County allowing new data centers?

No county rule about data centers is on the record for Brown County itself; 1 body inside it has a scorecard row. The latest decision on the record: Aberdeen City Council held first of three meetings on Monday to discuss proposed data center ordinance (Aberdeen), August 17, 2026.

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