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Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Minnehaha County, South Dakota has 503 MW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 3 records, against 405.7 MW of generation operating inside the county. Nothing is in the interconnection queue for the county. That is 99.6% of South Dakota's data center MW.

Data as of Grid region: Midcontinent ISO (MISO)Refreshed monthly
503MW
data centers, planned to operating
3
data center records, not cancelled
99.6%
of South Dakota's data center MW
405.7MW
operating generation, 3 natural gas projects
0MW
planned generation, 0 projects
2
data center developers active here
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Minnehaha County and its neighbors

Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 1 of its 5 neighboring counties have pages of their own. The rest are in the member database.

Minnehaha 503 MW Turner Lake Lincoln Moody McCook no data centers
no data center MWunder 100 MW100 to 1,000 MW1,000 to 5,000 MW5,000 to 15,000 MW15,000 MW or more no page yet

Data center records planned, under construction and operating, data as of October 8, 2026.Hover a county for its numbers

Headline finding
1.2times

more data center MW than operating generation in the county. Minnehaha County's own plants cover 80.7% of the load on record, and nothing is in the queue.

Data centers, planned to operating503 MW
Operating generation405.7 MW
Planned generation0 MW

Data centers by status

3 records, 503 MW

Operating3 MW2 records, 1%
Planned500 MW1 record, 99%
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The data center pipeline

None of the 3 records lists a year online or expected, so the pipeline is shown by developer only.

Figure 1

Who is building in Minnehaha

Data center developers by MW on record. Top 2 of 2.

Gemini Data Center SD LLC 500 MW 1 site
Tierpoint 3 MW 2 sites
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DeveloperSitesMW
Gemini Data Center SD LLC1500
Tierpoint23
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Source. FieldProspects database: ISO/RTO interconnection queues, EIA-860M and public data center filings, data as of October 8, 2026. Aggregates only. Campus names are for members.

Power generation in the county

3 plants operate inside Minnehaha County, 405.7 MW of natural gas. Nothing is in the queue for the county.

Figure 3

Operating and planned generation by technology

MW in Minnehaha County

OperatingPlanned
Natural GasOperating 405.7 MW 3 projects
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TechnologyStatusProjectsMW
Natural GasOperating3405.7
Operating: 405.7 MW. Planned: 0 MW. Even if every planned project is built, county generation would reach 405.7 MW against 503 MW of data centers.
Source: ISO queues and EIA-860M, via FieldProspects

Minnehaha County against its neighbors

None of the 1 neighboring county with a page lists a data center record.

CountyData center recordsData center MWOperating generation MWPlanned generation MWData center MW per MW operating
Minnehaha County this page 3
503
406
0 1.2x
McCook County 0
0
0
199 no operating MW

Data center MW counts records planned, under construction and operating. Generation is inside the county only. Neighbors without a page have fewer than three projects on record.

2 counties shown

Every record in Minnehaha County

Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 6 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.

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County: Minnehaha County, SDStatus: all except cancelledSort: MW, largest first 6 records
Project or campusDeveloperStatusMWYearContacts
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