One data center project ‘unchanged’ while another ‘doesn’t make sense’ after rejected incentives

One data center project ‘unchanged’ while another ‘doesn’t make sense’ after rejected incentives

One company plans to pause its project but another company’s plan is “unchanged” after South Dakota lawmakers rejected incentives for large data centers. Applied Digital has been courting South Dakota lawmakers and residents of Deuel County in far eastern South Dakota for years. The company planned to build a $5 billion, 430-megawatt data center campus near the small town of Toronto. The company believes South Dakota is a prime location for data…

Daily Montanan: Data center restrictions signed into South Dakota law after push for incentives failed

Daily Montanan: Data center restrictions signed into South Dakota law after push for incentives failed. “After lawmakers rejected proposals to incentivize the construction of large data centers in South Dakota, the governor signed a bill into law Tuesday that will place new limits on the industry.”