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Data center campus · South of East Rice Street and east of Veterans Parkway, northeast Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Gemini Data Center (Sioux Falls Technology Park)

Approved as of Jan. 6, 2026

A California family office's Gemini Data Center SD LLC won annexation and light-industrial zoning for a 164-acre data center site in northeast Sioux Falls that it says could host up to 500 MW, but no tenant or permits have been reported. Also known as: Gemini Data Center Sioux Falls, Sioux Falls Technology Park.

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Power500MW reported · stated
Site164acres

Who is behind it

ProjectGemini Data Center (Sioux Falls Technology Park)Also: Gemini Data Center Sioux Falls, Sioux Falls Technology Park
Developer and teamGemini Data Center SD LLC
End userNot found in the recordsNot yet named in any record or credited report we have found.

The record, newest first

  1. Citizen groups asked the city for a temporary pause on hyperscale data center building permits; city leaders signaled they favor rules over a moratorium. (SDPB, Oct. 5, 2026)

  2. Gemini launched a project website describing a master-planned campus to be built and run by a future end user. (KELOLAND, March 2, 2026)

  3. A House committee voted 9-3 against a 50-year data center sales-tax exemption on equipment and software. (South Dakota Searchlight, Feb. 4, 2026)

  4. A referendum petition on the rezoning fell short of the required signatures and was rejected by the city clerk. (SiouxFalls.Business, Jan. 30, 2026)

  5. Developer said it bought the land from Xcel Energy in late 2023 and had finished an interconnection study, with a facility study under way and no tenant yet. (SiouxFalls.Business, Jan. 19, 2026)

  6. City council voted 7-0 to rezone about 145.6 of the acres to light industrial and approved a preliminary plan, limiting city water to domestic use. (SDPB, Jan. 7, 2026; KELOLAND, Jan. 7, 2026; SiouxFalls.Business, Jan. 19, 2026)

  7. KELOLAND reported the city council had moved the land into its Tier 1 growth area in the 2040 plan, opening the way to industrial zoning; Brandon officials raised noise and growth concerns. (KELOLAND, Aug. 8, 2025)

Conflicts and open questions

  • Coordinates approximate from the reported cross streets.
  • Rezoning acreage reported as 145.6 (SDPB) of a roughly 164-acre site; about 17 acres to be conservation land per SiouxFalls.Business.
  • Annexation reported by KELOLAND as occurring in October 2025.
  • No lawsuit found.

The full record

Status note
Land annexed and rezoned to light industrial (I-1); in city administrative review, still needs engineering plans, plat and building permit. No tenant named and no construction reported as of October 2026.
Power note
Site is described as able to support a 500 MW campus; as of January 2026 the Xcel interconnection study was done and a facility study under way, with no service agreement reported.
Evidence
News reports; primary records not yet obtained
Size class
50 MW or more (tracker scope)
Map position approximate, from the reported address or area. Updated Oct. 17, 2026.