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Pennington County, South Dakota

Pennington County, South Dakota has 2 MW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 1 record, against 278 MW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 99.6 MW of planned generation across 6 projects. That is 0.4% of South Dakota's data center MW.

Data as of Grid region: WAPA Rocky MountainRefreshed monthly
2MW
data centers, planned to operating
1
data center records, not cancelled
0.4%
of South Dakota's data center MW
278MW
operating generation, 11 projects
99.6MW
planned generation, 6 projects
1
data center developers active here
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Pennington County and its neighbors

Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. None of its 6 neighboring counties has a page yet; their figures are in the member database.

Lawrence Custer Pennington 2 MW Jackson Meade Oglala Lakota Haakon
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%

of the generation operating in the county is matched by data center MW on record: 2 MW of data centers against 278 MW of plants, with 99.6 MW more planned.

Data centers, planned to operating2 MW
Operating generation278 MW
Planned generation99.6 MW

Data centers by status

1 record, 2 MW

Planned2 MW1 record, 100%
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The data center pipeline

None of the 1 record lists a year online or expected, so the pipeline is shown by developer only.

Figure 1

Who is building in Pennington

Data center developers by MW on record. Top 1 of 1.

Sequitor Edge 2 MW 1 site
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DeveloperSitesMW
Sequitor Edge12
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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

11 plants operate inside Pennington County, 278 MW. The queue adds 99.6 MW across 6 projects.

Figure 3

Operating and planned generation by technology

MW in Pennington County

OperatingPlanned
Natural GasOperating 140 MW 5 projects
Natural GasPlanned 99.6 MW 6 projects
SolarOperating 128 MW 1 project
OilOperating 10 MW 5 projects
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TechnologyStatusProjectsMW
Natural GasOperating5140
Natural GasPlanned699.6
SolarOperating1128
OilOperating510
Operating: 278 MW. Planned: 99.6 MW. Even if every planned project is built, county generation would reach 377.6 MW against 2 MW of data centers.
Source: ISO queues and EIA-860M, via FieldProspects
Figure 4

Planned generation by listed in-service year

MW. Years before 2026 are past due.

Past dueDue 2026 or later
0255075100 Snapshot year 100 2026
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YearPlanned projectsMW
2026699.6
No planned project is past its listed year

What changed since June 4, 2026

12 projects in Pennington County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.

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0
added to a queue, 0 MW
12
came online, started construction or signed an interconnection agreement, 199.2 MW
0
cancelled, dropped or went inactive, 0 MW
0
slipped their in-service date, 0 MW

Every change in Pennington County

Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 12 changes.

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County: Pennington County, SDSince June 4, 2026 12 changes
ProjectChangeTechnologyMWPrevious dateNew date
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Every record in Pennington County

Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 18 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.

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County: Pennington County, SDStatus: all except cancelledSort: MW, largest first 18 records
Project or campusDeveloperStatusMWYearContacts
18 records and 379.6 MW behind this preview

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