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          "title": "State regulators, county board to decide Leola Data Center’s fate - Yahoo",
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          "date": "2026-09-02",
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        {
          "title": "Leola Data Center electricity to be served by MDU; next faces county permitting",
          "url": "https://www.sdpb.org/politics/2026-09-09/leola-data-center-electricity-to-be-served-by-mdu-next-faces-county-permitting",
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          "date": "2026-09-09",
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          "title": "McPherson County Postpones Approval Of Leola Data Center Conditional Use Permit - Aberdeen Insider",
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          "title": "Potential Settlement Reached Over Powering McPherson County Data Center - Dakota News Network",
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          "title": "McPherson County officials want legal assurances on data center pledges - The Dakota Scout",
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          "publisher": "The Dakota Scout",
          "date": "2026-09-07",
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        },
        {
          "title": "Leola Data Center, Senate Candidates on Wounded Knee Medals | Sept. 9 - SDPB",
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          "summary": "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",
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          "summary": "Montana Dakota Utilities would provide electricity to Leola Data Center in second half of 2027",
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          "summary": "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",
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