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FILE #GEMINI-CAPITAL-SIOUX-FALLS-HYPERSCALE-DATA-CENTER-4A0554AF · UPDATED 2026-05-10
500 MW · PROPOSED
Gemini Capital Sioux Falls Hyperscale Data Center
Rumored
Announced
Proposed
Permit filed
Approved
Under construction
Operational
Capacity
500 MW
≈ 380k homes
Operator
Michael Anvar (Gemini Capital managing partner)
Developer · Gemini Data Center SD, LLC (Gemini Capital, Los Angeles)
Land
164 ac
≈ 124 football fields
Location
SIOUX FALLS
Minnehaha County, SD
Status
Proposed
As of 2026-05-10
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Officials & their industry receipts
2 TRACKED
Federal officials representing this project's district and what they've taken from data-center / AI / hyperscaler industry sources across cycles.
Mike Rounds
U.S. Senator · SD
R
$16k
INDUSTRY $
John Thune
U.S. Senator · SD
R
$13k
INDUSTRY $
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Industry money in this state
4 PACS TARGETING
Money flowing into the state from AI / data-center / crypto / hyperscaler-aligned super PACs. Not necessarily tied to this project — but the political environment it operates in.
Top 4 · combined budget
$6.10M
American Mission PAC
Budget
$5.00M
Affiliate of Leading the Future super PAC network. $5M cash on hand.
REPORTING ↗Protect Progress
Budget
$1.10M
Fairshake-affiliated Super PAC supporting Democratic crypto/tech-friendly candidates. $1M+ in independent expenditures. Cash on hand: $1.1M.
REPORTING ↗Defend American Jobs
Fairshake-affiliated Super PAC supporting Republican crypto/tech-friendly candidates.
REPORTING ↗Build American AI
501(c)(4) nonprofit linked to Leading the Future. Not required to disclose donors.
REPORTING ↗§ 09
Follow the money in South Dakota
Know when a new data center deal gets cut, who profits, and who signed off on it.
Follow the money in SD
Know when a new data center deal gets cut, who profits, and who signed off on it.
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