South Dakota data center moratoriums

As of 31 Oct 2026, we count at least 2 local data center pauses in force in South Dakota, no bans and 4 proposals, across its counties, cities and townships. At state level: checked, nothing found.

2 pauses in force · 0 bans · 4 proposed
0 pauses end within 60 days
Checked: 66 counties, 176 cities, 22 townships · 6 on tracker

Cite this page

Source: Grounded Compute, South Dakota moratorium tracker, 31 Oct 2026. https://groundedcompute.com/us/south-dakota/moratoriums

Every row below has its source and the date we checked it. For reporters: contact and corrections

State level · Checked, nothing found

We asked about state laws, orders and bills: checked, nothing found (31 Oct 2026).

Expiring by 30 Dec 2026

None in the next 60 days

Moratorium map · counties

Ban: 0 counties
Pause (active or extended): 1 county
Pause proposed: 3 counties
End date passed, no update found: 0 counties
Ended, expired or none found: 53 counties
No government or news source found: 9 counties

City: ban
City: pause
City: pause proposed

66 counties checked · 31 Oct 2026
Cities on the tracker drawn as dots (2)
Schematic; outlines: US Census

Tracker · 6 bans, pauses and proposals

Rows grouped under their count; each count matches the figures at the top
1 government confirmed · 5 news reported
Ended pauses and no-pause checks: on the map only. We checked counties, cities and townships; nothing found is not proof that none exists
Method

Jurisdiction	Status	Covers	End	Permanent rules	Source
Pauses in force (2)
Yankton County	Pause	All data centers	–	Rules drafted	yankton.net News reported Checked 31 Oct 2026
Aberdeen (city, Brown)	Pause, extended	All data centers	1 Jul 2027	Rules drafted	hubcityradio.com News reported Checked 31 Oct 2026
Proposed (4)
Kingsbury County	Pause proposed	–	–	Rules drafted	kingsbury.sdcounty.gov Government confirmed Checked 31 Oct 2026
McCook County	Pause proposed	–	–	–	mitchellrepublic.com News reported Checked 31 Oct 2026
Minnehaha County	Pause proposed	Above a size threshold: Draft county rules discussed making data centers of 500,000 square feet or larger impermissible; the draft was sent back for revision.	–	Rules drafted	keloland.com News reported Checked 31 Oct 2026
Vermillion (city, Clay)	Pause proposed	All data centers	–	Rules drafted	yankton.net News reported Checked 31 Oct 2026

– = not found in the sources we checked