Rapid City, SD Data Centers & Crypto Mining: Data Center Zoning & Siting (2026)

176 as a physical facility or group of facilities that store applications and data in a location where computing and networking equipment is used to collect, process, retrieve, and store data, as well as to distribute and enable access to resources. 020(L), rather than treating them as a conditional use requiring Planning Commission review, but the permission carries two mandatory conditions. First, the applicant must submit documentation with the building permit application demonstrating the ability to obtain adequate electrical capacity supply to support the data center, and that documentation must be agreed to by the energy provider, meaning the developer needs a capacity commitment from the utility before Community Development will issue the permit.

Second, the applicant must show adequate water supply and sewer capacity to support the facility, again agreed to by the utility provider, which covers cooling-water demand and wastewater discharge. Because both conditions attach at the building permit stage rather than at rezoning, a developer who already owns LI-zoned land cannot break ground until the electrical, water and sewer capacity letters are in the Community Development file. 020(L) can even be reached.