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Woster: The difference between genuine friends and Facebook friends
22+ hour, 38+ min ago (322+ words) I'm not bragging, but I have so many friends that, a couple of years ago, I quit taking on new ones. Last time I counted, I had 339 friends. The reason I'm not bragging is those friends are on Facebook. In…...
Data center regulation bill passes South Dakota House
5+ day, 15+ hour ago (471+ words) PIERRE " One of the last remaining data center bills pending in the South Dakota Legislature " a measure that would impose new regulations " passed the state House on Thursday and now heads back to the Senate for consideration of a House…...
Lincoln County backs down on hyperscale data center moratorium
1+ week, 6+ day ago (824+ words) CANTON, S.D. " A moratorium on hyperscale data centers isn't the right fit for Lincoln County at this time, county officials have decided. The Lincoln County Commission on Tuesday, Feb. 24, failed to take action on a proposal that would have imposed a…...
App-based age verification bill clears South Dakota House of Representatives panel
2+ week, 6+ day ago (761+ words) PIERRE " A South Dakota House of Representatives panel endorsed a bill that would require mobile app stores to use age verification to control access by minors. House Bill 1275 passed the House State Affairs Committee 8-3 on Wednesday and heads to the…...
Data center planned for Rapid City, 2027 completion expected
3+ week, 5+ day ago (361+ words) RAPID CITY, S.D. " Elevate Rapid City announced on Wednesday that Sequitor Edge is planning to build a 30,000 square foot, tier 3 data center across Highway 16 from the Rapid City landfill on a 10- acre site. Representatives from the company, the city, and the…...
School cellphone ban stays alive in South Dakota Legislature
1+ mon, 1+ day 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
1+ mon, 1+ day 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+ mon, 1+ week 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+ mon, 1+ week 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
6+ 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…...