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Data centers in McPherson County, South Dakota

McPherson County has 1 data center on the record; it is proposed. McPherson County decides new data centers one at a time. The latest decision on the record: McPherson County Planning and Zoning Commission voted to postpone a decision following an executive session at a special meeting, August 11, 2026.

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The data center in McPherson County

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  1. Reported Built from one source

    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 yahoo.com national outlet

    Land
    Not disclosed
    Power
    Not disclosed
    Water
    Not disclosed
    Tenant
    Not disclosed

Where

1 data center in McPherson County: proposed. A dashed edge means the exact site is not in the public record; every pin here marks a town or the county.

The outline is McPherson County's boundary from the U.S. Census Bureau. Tap a pin for that data center's facts and a link to its page.

The cities in McPherson County on the record (1)

1 of 1 city has a record. A city without one is listed, not linked, until its first published record. No city in McPherson County has a rule, a statement by an official or a rating on the record yet.

CityProjects
Leola1

What McPherson 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 behind its toggle, newest first, with its source.

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  1. McPherson Countycounty

    McPherson County Planning and Zoning Commission voted to postpone a decision following an executive session at a special meeting, reported August 11, 2026.

    dakotanewsnow.com local outlet

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      McPherson County Planning and Zoning Commission voted to postpone a decision following an executive session at a special meeting

      dakotanewsnow.com local outlet

    Last verified September 23, 2026.

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What happened

  1. · Leola Data Center

    Now reported: Leola Data Center is a 50 megawatt facility proposed in a one story building 120 feet wide by 400 feet long at 116th Street and 358th Avenue, about four miles west of Leola yahoo.com national outlet

  2. · McPherson County

    Scorecard event: McPherson County Planning and Zoning Commission voted to postpone a decision following an executive session at a special meeting dakotanewsnow.com local outlet

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What was said

Democratic candidates and PUC candidate Frank Kloucek called for one year moratorium on new data centers
Frank Kloucek, Democratic PUC candidate · September 2, 2026 · paraphrased · Yahoo national outlet

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Nearby counties with records

188 miles away Minnehaha County 1 data center on the record 215 miles away Pennington County 1 data center on the record

Every South Dakota county.

Disclosed figures

nothing disclosed by 1 record

Power, water, jobs and tax, summed only where a data center disclosed the figure; what each facility is for; how each is cooled. Nothing here is estimated.

Power, water, jobs and tax

FigureDisclosed totalDisclosedNot disclosedBasis
PowerNot disclosed01Not disclosed by any of the 1 record
Water, stated per dayNot disclosed01Not disclosed by any of the 1 record
Water, stated per yearNot disclosed01Not disclosed by any of the 1 record
Permanent jobsNot disclosed01Not disclosed by any of the 1 record
Tax each yearNot disclosed01Not disclosed by any of the 1 record

Summed only where a record disclosed the figure; a record with no figure adds nothing and is counted as not disclosed. Water is summed per day and per year separately, as the sources stated it, and never converted. A tax claim given as a range is summed at both ends.

By what the facilities are for

UseRecordsPowerWaterJobsTax each year
Not disclosed1Not disclosedNot disclosedNot disclosedNot disclosedNot disclosed: power, water, jobs, tax each year

A record that lists several uses counts once under each. Each cell is the sum over the records with that use, disclosed rows only.

What the facilities are for

No source on file states what any of the 1 tracked facility in McPherson County is for.

How the facilities are cooled

No source on file states how any of the 1 tracked facility in McPherson County is cooled.

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Data Center Record, "Data centers in McPherson County, South Dakota", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/sd/mcpherson-county, updated September 23, 2026.

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