RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) – Rapid City residents have until Monday, Nov. 2, to share their thoughts on proposed regulations for data centers and how they could affect nearby neighborhoods and city infrastructure.
The proposed ordinance changes would add requirements for data centers related to their distance from residential areas, electricity use, water and sewer demands, noise and vibration.
The changes would build on an ordinance adopted by the Rapid City Common Council in December 2024 that defined data centers and allowed them in light industrial and heavy industrial districts…