Proposed-site record

Applied Digital Data Center

High-priority Applied Digital proposal with a South Dakota PUC facility-permit record for a separate 145 MW dual-fuel generation plant and 345 kV tie line near Toronto. The dataset's 430 MW remains unclassified project/power context; no reviewed source establishes data-center IT load, energized capacity, water quantity, workload, or customer allocation.

Blocked or pausedconfirmedHigh concern

Site Snapshot

Location
Toronto, Deuel County, South Dakota
Operator / sponsor
Applied Digital
Status / stage
Blocked or paused · blocked / paused
Scale
430 MW reported; Hyperscale (100-999 MW); 1,800,000 sq ft; 150 acres
Reported project context; confirm whether any MW figure is requested, approved, energized, IT load, generation, or ultimate buildout before comparing it with another record.Capacity reading: Project-scale context · MW type not established · Proposed floor area · Site area

Compute Workload

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Undisclosed / unknownUnknown

No source-backed workload, customer, hardware, or training/inference allocation is attached to this record yet.

Workload classification remains unknown in the reviewed record.

Water

Source reviewed September 9, 2026: the South Dakota PUC Toronto Power Plant application describes the proposed energy-conversion facility and transmission line but does not disclose a data-center water source, cooling method, withdrawal, consumption, or wastewater quantity. The 145 MW plant record is separate power-infrastructure context and should not be treated as facility water evidence.

Power

Source reviewed September 9, 2026: South Dakota PUC docket EL25-028 identifies a proposed 145 MW dual-fuel Toronto Power Plant and approximately 4.9 miles of 345 kV generation-tie transmission to the Astoria substation, with commercial operation expected in 2029. This is proposed generation and transmission infrastructure, not confirmed requested, approved, energized, or data-center IT-load capacity; the dataset's 430 MW remains unclassified project/power context.

Bloom / Fuel Cells

No fuel-cell or Bloom Energy source is attached to this project yet.

NDA / Secrecy

No NDA reported

Missing NDA / secrecyFields with source leads: Public money, Water, Power
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