Independent candidate for U.S. Senate Brian Bengs is painting the man he wants to replace, Republican Senator Marion Michael Rounds, as a tool of Big…
Tag: data centers
Whether or not the Legislature and the Public Utilities Commission invite hyperscale data centers into South Dakota, South Dakotans are already footing the bill for…
The billionaire vandalizing America says folks who oppose data centers are Chinese dupes who want their communities to be backwards and poor. Frank Kloucek, the…
Incumbents and legislative aspirants looking to write good laws on data centers will want to read all 17 pages (and well-footnoted sources!) of the Legislative…
*Updated 2026.09.02 to reflect the addition of Adam Bair, Democratic candidate for District 10 House, to the list of signatories. Marty Jackley takes Meta’s money…
Dakota Mainstem Regional Water System, a coalition of over 50 towns and water providers, will spend $4.2 million over the next two and a half…
Last month, Texas-based Giga Energy bailed out of a plan to build a digital currency mining facility in Madison. Now Simple Mining from Cedar Falls,…
I’ve cited one November 2025 study showing no net job growth from data centers in Texas. Planning and power expert Catherine Curtis finds that data…
Yesterday Governor Larry Rhoden signed the two sensible regulations on data centers that the 2026 Legislature approved. The more sweeping bill, Senate Bill 135, requires…
The Legislature smartly declined to throw money at data centers and instead approved some mild regulations concerning data centers’ electricity and water usage and a…