Data centers in Minnehaha County, South Dakota
Minnehaha County has 1 data center on the record; it is running. Minnehaha County decides new data centers one at a time. The latest decision on the record: Sioux Falls City Council voted unanimously to pass the resolution with the amendment for the October 27 public hearing, August 26, 2026.
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The data center in Minnehaha County
Each row is one site with its stage, its latest dated entry and what its sources disclose. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed.
- Land
- Not disclosed
- Power
- Not disclosed
- Water
- Not disclosed
- Tenant
- Not disclosed
Where
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1 data center in Minnehaha County: running. A dashed edge means the exact site is not in the public record; every pin here marks a town or the county.
The cities in Minnehaha County on the record (1)
| City | Projects |
|---|---|
| Sioux Falls | 1 |
What Minnehaha County has decided
1 body, 4 decisions on the recordWhat 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.
Reported: the source's date; the item names no day of its own.
- Minnehaha Countycounty
Sioux Falls City Council voted unanimously to pass the resolution with the amendment for the October 27 public hearing, reported August 26, 2026.
4 acts on this row
- event
Sioux Falls City Council voted unanimously to pass the resolution with the amendment for the October 27 public hearing
- moratorium
Commissioners voted 3 to 2 against the moratorium amendment with Landeen, Schmidt, and Otten voting against
- moratorium
Lincoln County Commission voted to reject a moratorium proposal on August 25, 2026
- ordinance
Minnehaha County presented an initial data center ordinance draft to the Planning Commission on Monday, August 25, 2026
- event
What happened
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· Minnehaha County
Scorecard event: Sioux Falls City Council voted unanimously to pass the resolution with the amendment for the October 27 public hearing argusleader.com local outlet
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· Minnehaha County
Moratorium: Commissioners voted 3 to 2 against the moratorium amendment with Landeen, Schmidt, and Otten voting against argusleader.com local outlet
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· Minnehaha County
Moratorium: Lincoln County Commission voted to reject a moratorium proposal on August 25, 2026 argusleader.com local outlet
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· Minnehaha County
Ordinance: Minnehaha County presented an initial data center ordinance draft to the Planning Commission on Monday, August 25, 2026 dakotanewsnow.com local outlet
What was said
Joel Arends, Lincoln County commissioner, proposed a moratorium to pause hyperscale data center development and allow time for local government understanding
Disclosed figures
nothing disclosed by 1 record
Power, water, jobs and tax
| Figure | Disclosed total | Disclosed | Not disclosed | Basis | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Water, stated per day | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Water, stated per year | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Permanent jobs | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Tax each year | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not 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
| Use | Records | Power | Water | Jobs | Tax each year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not disclosed | 1 | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not 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 Minnehaha County is for.
How the facilities are cooled
No source on file states how any of the 1 tracked facility in Minnehaha County is cooled.
Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Data centers in Minnehaha County, South Dakota", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/sd/minnehaha-county, updated September 23, 2026.
Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Data center records in Minnehaha County, South Dakota", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/sd/minnehaha-county. Data: Data Center Record, datacenterrecord.org, CC BY 4.0.
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