Data Center Signal is tracking 3 clips about Gemini Capital data center developments across 2 states, including SD, OK.
The Sioux Falls City Council’s Regulatory Oversight Committee plans three months of online and public-meeting outreach on potential regulations for large-scale data centers. The effort follows controversy over a proposed data center, a rezoning approved for Gemini Capital, and calls for a moratorium in parts of the Sioux Falls area.
Let Sioux Falls Vote, Dakota Rural Action and South Dakota for Data Center Transparency are urging the Sioux Falls City Council to impose a temporary moratorium on permits for new hyperscale data centers. The groups say the pause would give local officials time to develop regulations and public-engagement processes before Gemini Capital advances its proposed project in northeast Sioux Falls.
Bixby city officials have clarified that no data center project is currently planned in the city, despite a confidential email about a potential rezoning for an IT venture being leaked on Facebook. The inquiry from Gemini Capital last year did not result in a formal proposal, and city staff determined the property in question was outside city limits.