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

By: Makenzie Huber

Outlets: South Dakota Searchlight

Published: April 2, 2026

Words: 659

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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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 centers because of …

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