South Dakota governor candidates clash on data centers, education, economic development

By: Joshua Haiar

Outlets: South Dakota Searchlight

Published: September 29, 2026

Words: 1,060

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 2 days ago

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Local governments should have more authority over where data centers are built and how they use local resources, Democratic candidate for South Dakota governor Dan Ahlers said during a debate on Monday.

“We should be asking the people of South Dakota what they want, and what they’ve been telling us is they don’t want these data centers in their communities,” Ahlers said during the debate, co-hosted by South Dakota Public Broadcasting and South …

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