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Leola Data Center

Leola Data Center, LLCLeola, McPherson County, SDUpdated

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.

Capacity
50 MW
Building area
16,320 sq ft
Site
20 acres
Reported jobs
5

Who's on this build

Named in the cited sources. No source reports who builds it.

  • Operator

    Leola Data Center, LLC

Schedule

Dates as reported. Not a bid calendar. A planned date is not evidence that work occurred.

  1. Today

    Proposed

    Last material change Sep 24, 2026.

  2. last year

    Construction start

  3. last year

    Expected completionPlanned

  4. 2 yr ago

    Announced

Reported updates without an event date

Record quality

Datasets
2, all agree
Location
Street address reported
Summary
From published records
Source as of
Last material change

Site and infrastructure

CA Compute AtlasSC Server CountryKW Kapwork Grow tracker record

Status

Operator
Leola Data Center, LLCOperator · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 13, 2026 · Record: leola-data-center-mcpherson-county-sdOperator · Server CountryServer Country project record (CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 24, 2026 · Record: 0453
Stage
ProposedStage · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 13, 2026 · Record: leola-data-center-mcpherson-county-sdStage · Server CountryServer Country project record (CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 24, 2026 · Record: 0453
Facility type
EnterpriseFacility type · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 210661267247512

Scale

Reported capacity
50 MWReported capacity · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 13, 2026 · Record: leola-data-center-mcpherson-county-sdReported capacity · Server CountryServer Country project record (CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 24, 2026 · Record: 0453
Reported building area
16,320 sq ftReported building area · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 210661267247512
Site area
20 acresSite area · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 210661267247512
Reported jobs
5Reported jobs · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 210661267247512

Reported dates

Announced
2024Announced · Server CountryServer Country project record (CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 24, 2026 · Record: 0453
Construction start reported
2025Construction start reported · Server CountryServer Country project record (CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 24, 2026 · Record: 0453
Expected completion
2025Expected completion · Server CountryServer Country project record (CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 24, 2026 · Record: 0453

Site

City
LeolaCity · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 13, 2026 · Record: leola-data-center-mcpherson-county-sdCity · Server CountryServer Country project record (CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 24, 2026 · Record: 0453
County
McPhersonCounty · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 13, 2026 · Record: leola-data-center-mcpherson-county-sdCounty · Server CountryServer Country project record (CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 24, 2026 · Record: 0453
State
South DakotaState · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 13, 2026 · Record: leola-data-center-mcpherson-county-sdState · Server CountryServer Country project record (CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 24, 2026 · Record: 0453
Location precision
Street address reportedLocation precision · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 210661267247512
Community response
Local opposition reportedCommunity response · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 210661267247512

Power and cooling

Cooling
Closed loopCooling · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 210661267247512

Sources, method and limits

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What each source reports

What each source reports
DatasetReported nameReported statusReported MW
Compute AtlasLeola Data CenterProposed50 MW
Server CountryLeola Data CenterProposed50 MW

Sources and evidence

  1. CA
    Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of: Sep 13, 2026 · Record: leola-data-center-mcpherson-county-sd
  2. CA
  3. CA
  4. CA
  5. SC
    Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0)As of: Sep 24, 2026 · Record: 0453
  6. KW

Limitations and interpretation

  • This record is the Kapwork Grow tracker's merged view of a facility, from the tracker snapshot built 2026-09-23. 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.

Cite or correct this record

Kapwork Grow, “Leola Data Center”, https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/leola-data-center-sd-dc_bf9866009198, materially updated Sep 24, 2026.

Report an error in this record and we will check it against the cited sources.

An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order. Capacity and dates are as reported by the cited sources. “Not reported” means missing information, not zero. Completed and withdrawn records can remain available as historical records.

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