# Leola Data Center > Proposed: a 50 MW data center in McPherson County, South Dakota, from the Kapwork Grow tracker (2 sources). Sources and dates on every fact. Page: https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/leola-data-center-sd-dc_bf9866009198 Markdown: https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/leola-data-center-sd-dc_bf9866009198.md Updated: Nov 3, 2026 Publisher: Kapwork Grow, a free directory of public records Leola Data Center, LLC has proposed a 50 MW data center in McPherson County, South Dakota (proposed). 2 sources report this facility in the Kapwork Grow tracker. (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Nov 2, 2026) ## Facts - **Operator:** Leola Data Center, LLC (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **Stage:** Proposed (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **Reported capacity:** 50 MW (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **Reported building area:** 16,320 sq ft (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Site area:** 20 acres (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Reported jobs:** 5 (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Announced:** 2024 (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **Construction start reported:** 2025 (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **Expected completion:** 2025 (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **City:** Leola (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **County:** McPherson (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **State:** South Dakota (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **Location precision:** Street address reported (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Community response:** Local opposition reported (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Cooling:** Closed loop (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Facility type:** Enterprise (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) ## What each source reports | Dataset | Reported name | Reported status | Reported MW | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Compute Atlas | Leola Data Center | Proposed | 50 MW | | Server Country | Leola Data Center | Proposed | 50 MW | ## Questions this page answers ### Is Leola Data Center under construction? No permit record shows it yet, so this page prints it as announced. Compute Atlas (Sep 13, 2026) and Server Country (Sep 24, 2026) report it as proposed. ### Who is building Leola Data Center? Leola Data Center, LLC is the operator. No public record names the general contractor yet. It shows here the day one does. ### When is Leola Data Center expected to finish? Server Country reports expected completion in 2025. That is a reported target, not a schedule. ### Which carriers serve Leola Data Center? No public record names them yet. They show here when a filing does. ### How do contractors on Leola Data Center get paid sooner? The owner pays the general contractor, and the general contractor pays its subcontractors. Once your customer approves your invoice, certify it with Kapwork. Funders compete to fund it, so you don't wait for the payment date. Free for businesses. Kapwork doesn't lend and doesn't contact your customer. ## Latest updates - [Expected completion reported](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/). Reported for 2025. - [Construction start reported](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/). Reported for 2025. - [Reported as announced](https://puc.sd.gov/commission/dockets/electric/2024/EL24-027/CondUsePermit.pdf). Reported for 2024-12. - [Reported as announced](https://puc.sd.gov/commission/dockets/electric/2024/EL24-027/CondUsePermit.pdf). Reported for 2024-11. - [Reported as announced](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/). Reported for 2024. ## Related records - [Sequitor Edge Brookings Research Park Data Center](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/sequitor-edge-brookings-research-park-data-center-sd-dc_38ef79a8c245): Same state - [Sequitor Edge Rapid City](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/sequitor-edge-rapid-city-sd-dc_ff8173509f10): Same state - [Sioux Falls Technology Park (Gemini Data Center)](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/sioux-falls-technology-park-gemini-data-center-sd-dc_6f60cf44d656): Same state ## What this record does not show - This record is the Kapwork Grow tracker's merged view of a facility, from the tracker snapshot built 2026-11-02. Facts tagged KW are the tracker's resolved values; the per-source rows it was merged from are listed under Sources and on the tracker record. - Sources on this record: Compute Atlas: Kubiak, E. (2026). Compute Atlas [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22284476 (CC BY 4.0) · Server Country, https://servercountry.org/data/ (CC BY 4.0). Every source is licensed for commercial use with attribution. - An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order. - Capacity figures are as reported by the cited sources and may describe planned rather than energised capacity. ## Sources - [Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)](https://puc.sd.gov/commission/dockets/electric/2024/EL24-027/CondUsePermit.pdf) · as of Sep 13, 2026 · record leola-data-center-mcpherson-county-sd - [McPherson County, SD (via South Dakota PUC docket EL24-027) (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://puc.sd.gov/commission/dockets/electric/2024/EL24-027/CondUsePermit.pdf) · as of Sep 13, 2026 - [Aberdeen Insider (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://aberdeeninsider.com/mcpherson-county-postpones-approval-of-leola-data-center-conditional-use-permit/) · as of Sep 13, 2026 - [Aberdeen Insider (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://aberdeeninsider.com/mcpherson-county-approves-moratorium-on-data-centers-enacts-1-mile-setback/) · as of Sep 13, 2026 - [Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0)](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/) · as of Sep 24, 2026 · record 0453 - [Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here](https://kapwork.com/app/grow/datacenters/projects/leola-data-center-sd) · as of Nov 2, 2026 · record 210661267247512 ## Have an invoice your customer approved? 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