With data centers, skepticism is not anti-business

By: Brad Johnson

Outlets: South Dakota Searchlight

Published: June 1, 2026

Words: 984

Last Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago

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South Dakota is having the wrong argument about data centers.

This is not a debate about technology. It’s a debate about power — who gets to decide what happens to rural land, water and infrastructure when billion-dollar industries come calling.

Too many of those decisions are being made everywhere except in the communities expected to live with the consequences.

The artificial intelligence economy is coming whether South Dakota participates or not. The real question …

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