Data Centers Atlas: South Dakota

Weekly data center brief: South Dakota

Week of: October 26, 2026

Research through: October 29, 2026

Source reviews and additions to the Atlas collection. Review dates do not establish openings or physical events. Scheduled dates are not outcomes.

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Dated record: CSRE Properties South Dakota Blockchain Facility (Ben French Substation)

Recorded event date: March 19, 2026

The original South Dakota PUC docket records March 19, 2026 filing of the blockchain interruptible service request. This is a filing date rather than the requested later approval, actual electricity delivery or computing operation.

A recorded date retains its original source and phase scope. A scheduled date does not confirm that the event happened or permission was granted. Source-check dates are separate.

puc.sd.gov

Public concern on the record: Applied Digital Deuel County AI Campus

Residents raised water, backup-generation, power-cost, road, land-use and emergency-response questions during Deuel County's June 17, 2025 Applied Digital discussion. The minutes record company replies about cooling, road work and cost allocation. Those replies describe plans and positions, not independently verified performance, rate protection or completed mitigation.

Record status: unknown. The current disposition of the documented concerns is unknown in this bounded review. Reported progress, future commitments, permit notices or historical project statements do not establish actual impacts, current compliance or resolution of all concerns.

Event date: June 17, 2025

Source publication date: Not established

Disposition date: Not established

Concern sources checked: October 18, 2026

The event is the exact dated original public record. The original record supplies a document or meeting date, but its first public posting date is unknown.

Raised or recorded by Residents.

Company statement published by an agency or court

Applied Digital stated that it planned a closed-loop cooling system and road improvements at its expense, and said it would bear applicable power costs. These are company statements recorded by the county, not verified commitments implemented at the proposed site.

Company representative replies recorded alongside public questions in the same June17 meeting.

Response publication date: Not established

Response sources checked: October 18, 2026

Deuel County

Counts describe attributed documentation, not harm or severity. Allegations, procedural outcomes and published replies retain their separate scope.

Dated record: Leola Data Center

Recorded event date: August 5, 2024

The original South Dakota PUC Leola service agreement index identifies August 5, 2024 as its filing day. This is a regulatory filing date without independently verified final service approval, delivered energy or computing operation.

A recorded date retains its original source and phase scope. A scheduled date does not confirm that the event happened or permission was granted. Source-check dates are separate.

puc.sd.gov