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School cellphone ban stays alive in South Dakota Legislature
1+ hour, 54+ min ago (730+ words) PIERRE " A bill aiming to ban student cellphone use in South Dakota schools has a chance to be debated on the state Senate floor after the Senate Education Committee voted 5-2 on Tuesday to send it there without recommendation. The legislation…...
Utility company leader tells audience that data centers will extend fossil fuel usage
8+ hour, 55+ min ago (622+ words) SIOUX FALLS " The rapid growth of electricity-hungry data centers will extend the life of existing fossil-fuel power plants and result in more being built, according to NorthWestern Energy President and CEO Brian Bird. "So those folks against that are going…...
Clock is ticking on data center incentive proposal as elections loom
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1580+ words) The race for governor is on in South Dakota, and so is the race to determine the state's policy on data centers before the next governor is elected. State Rep. Kent Roe, R-Hayti, wants to pass a bill this winter…...
North Dakota town serves as an example of the promise and perils of data centers for South Dakota
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1726+ words) Don Flaherty worries about the future of the data center industry "every single day." During his four years as mayor of Ellendale, North Dakota, the town has welcomed a growing data center campus from Dallas-based Applied Digital. If the company…...
Component failure in Pierre caused state government communications shutdown
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (646+ words) The loss of state government's online and communications services for nearly two business days last week started with the failure of a data center core switch in Pierre, according to the office that maintains the network. The problem with the…...
Woster: You hear the talk about data centers coming to rural America?
7+ mon, 1+ day ago (538+ words) Years ago, I wrote several stories about rural electric cooperatives and farm life in the age of high-speed internet. The package focused on the expectation that rural electric cooperatives would play a significant role in delivering broadband service to rural…...
Data center official says other states offer better incentives than SD
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (672+ words) SIOUX FALLS " A member of the artificial intelligence data center industry said Monday that South Dakota's lack of incentives makes the state less competitive for development. Data centers house powerful computer systems designed to store, process and analyze massive volumes…...
Hagen: We’re a whole lot more than just a news source
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (763+ words) MITCHELL " I was pleasantly surprised to see the Mitchell Republic's website on a friend's computer monitor this week when I stopped at his Main Street office. I dropped off some cash for a local raffle ticket drawing before business hours,…...
Frustrating tales of lost and late mail from rural America
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (361+ words) Similar to being puzzled by what happens to socks that went into the washing machine as a pair and came out single, another great mystery of life is where letters and bills go when they leave my mailbox. Most of…...