The Permanent Record · Meetings, Hearings, Deadlines, Votes & Public Actions
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4,626 records and counting — 114 still ahead across 49 states. Rezoning and power-contract votes surface here before they happen; hearings and town halls while there’s still time to show up. Nothing is ever deleted — what passes into the past stays on the record, so you can trace what was proposed, who showed up, and what it led to.
What’s coming up — and where to show up. Every record cites its primary source.
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Tue
27
Oct 2026
⚠ Agenda Watch Government Meeting
Canton, South Dakota
· Tuesday, October 27, 2026 — tomorrow
The published agenda for this October 27 meeting contains: "Data Center". This is the public record BEFORE the vote — read the document, then show up. Public comment is where cancellations start.
On the record:
“Data Center”
Tue
27
Oct 2026
Government Meeting
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
· Tuesday, October 27, 2026 — tomorrow
Joint meeting agenda includes a Data Centers Overview presentation and discussion of current zoning/ordinance impacts on data centers.
Tue
13
Oct 2026
Past ⚠ Agenda Watch Government Meeting
$0.76 was at stake
South Dakota
· Tuesday, October 13, 2026 — 2 weeks ago
The published agenda for the October 13, 2026 meeting contains: "Data Center". The meeting has passed. The agenda stays here as a permanent public record.
On the record:
“Data Center”
Mon
5
Oct 2026
Past ⚠ Agenda Watch Government Meeting
$20,000 was at stake
Aberdeen, South Dakota
· Monday, October 5, 2026 — 3 weeks ago
The published agenda for the October 5, 2026 meeting contains: "data center", "Data Center", "DATA CENTER", "Data center". The meeting has passed. The agenda stays here as a permanent public record.
On the record:
“data center”“Data Center”“DATA CENTER”“Data center”
Mon
5
Oct 2026
Past ⚠ Agenda Watch Government Meeting
$20,000 was at stake
Aberdeen, South Dakota
· Monday, October 5, 2026 — 3 weeks ago
The published agenda for the October 5, 2026 meeting contains: "DATA CENTER", "data center". The meeting has passed. The agenda stays here as a permanent public record.
On the record:
“DATA CENTER”“data center”
Mon
28
Sep 2026
Past ⚠ Agenda Watch Government Meeting
$39,127.50 was at stake
Aberdeen, South Dakota
· Monday, September 28, 2026 — 4 weeks ago
The published agenda for the September 28, 2026 meeting contains: "data center". The meeting has passed. The agenda stays here as a permanent public record.
On the record:
“data center”
Tue
22
Sep 2026
Past ⚠ Agenda Watch Government Meeting
$1 was at stake
South Dakota
· Tuesday, September 22, 2026 — 1 month ago
The published agenda for the September 22, 2026 meeting contains: "data center". The meeting has passed. The agenda stays here as a permanent public record.
On the record:
“data center”
Mon
21
Sep 2026
Past ⚠ Agenda Watch Government Meeting
$125,000 was at stake
Aberdeen, South Dakota
· Monday, September 21, 2026 — 1 month ago
The published agenda for the September 21, 2026 meeting contains: "data center", "DATA CENTER". The meeting has passed. The agenda stays here as a permanent public record.
On the record:
“data center”“DATA CENTER”
Tue
15
Sep 2026
Past ⚠ Agenda Watch Government Meeting
Madison, South Dakota
· Tuesday, September 15, 2026 — 1 month ago
The published agenda for the September 15, 2026 meeting contains: "data center". The meeting has passed. The agenda stays here as a permanent public record.
On the record:
“data center”
Mon
14
Sep 2026
Past ⚠ Agenda Watch Government Meeting
$269 was at stake
Aberdeen, South Dakota
· Monday, September 14, 2026 — 1 month ago
The published agenda for the September 14, 2026 meeting contains: "data center", "Data Center", "DATA CENTER", "Data center". The meeting has passed. The agenda stays here as a permanent public record.
On the record:
“data center”“Data Center”“DATA CENTER”“Data center”
Mon
14
Sep 2026
Past ⚠ Agenda Watch Government Meeting
Aberdeen, South Dakota
· Monday, September 14, 2026 — 1 month ago
The published agenda for the September 14, 2026 meeting contains: "DATA CENTER", "data center". The meeting has passed. The agenda stays here as a permanent public record.
On the record:
“DATA CENTER”“data center”
Tue
8
Sep 2026
Past ⚠ Agenda Watch Government Meeting
$20,293.20 was at stake
Aberdeen, South Dakota
· Tuesday, September 8, 2026 — 2 months ago
The published agenda for the September 8, 2026 meeting contains: "DATA CENTER", "data center", "Data Center". The meeting has passed. The agenda stays here as a permanent public record.
On the record:
“DATA CENTER”“data center”“Data Center”
Mon
31
Aug 2026
Past ⚠ Agenda Watch Government Meeting
Aberdeen, South Dakota
· Monday, August 31, 2026 — 2 months ago
The published agenda for the August 31, 2026 meeting contains: "DATA CENTER", "data center". The meeting has passed. The agenda stays here as a permanent public record.
On the record:
“DATA CENTER”“data center”
Mon
31
Aug 2026
Past ⚠ Agenda Watch Government Meeting
$269 was at stake
Aberdeen, South Dakota
· Monday, August 31, 2026 — 2 months ago
The published agenda for the August 31, 2026 meeting contains: "DATA CENTER", "data center", "Data Center", "Data center". The meeting has passed. The agenda stays here as a permanent public record.
On the record:
“DATA CENTER”“data center”“Data Center”“Data center”
Tue
25
Aug 2026
Past ⚠ Agenda Watch Government Meeting
$154,830 was at stake
South Dakota
· Tuesday, August 25, 2026 — 2 months ago
The published agenda for the August 25, 2026 meeting contains: "Data Center", "data center". The meeting has passed. The agenda stays here as a permanent public record.
On the record:
“Data Center”“data center”
Mon
24
Aug 2026
Past ⚠ Agenda Watch Government Meeting
$421.05 was at stake
Aberdeen, South Dakota
· Monday, August 24, 2026 — 2 months ago
The published agenda for the August 24, 2026 meeting contains: "Data Center". The meeting has passed. The agenda stays here as a permanent public record.
On the record:
“Data Center”
Mon
17
Aug 2026
Past ⚠ Agenda Watch Government Meeting
$1,861,485.59 was at stake
Aberdeen, South Dakota
· Monday, August 17, 2026 — 2 months ago
The published agenda for the August 17, 2026 meeting contains: "data center", "DATA CENTER", "Data Center". The meeting has passed. The agenda stays here as a permanent public record.
On the record:
“data center”“DATA CENTER”“Data Center”
Tue
11
Aug 2026
Past ⚠ Agenda Watch Government Meeting
$2,408.74 was at stake
South Dakota
· Tuesday, August 11, 2026 — 3 months ago
The published agenda for the August 11, 2026 meeting contains: "data center", "Data Center". The meeting has passed. The agenda stays here as a permanent public record.
On the record:
“data center”“Data Center”
Mon
3
Aug 2026
Past ⚠ Agenda Watch Government Meeting
Aberdeen, South Dakota
· Monday, August 3, 2026 — 3 months ago
Meeting minutes published with the August 3, 2026 meeting documents record: "data center". These terms appear in the minutes, not as items on that agenda. The document stays here as a permanent public record.
On the record:
“data center”
Mon
27
Jul 2026
Past ⚠ Agenda Watch Government Meeting
Aberdeen, South Dakota
· Monday, July 27, 2026 — 3 months ago
Meeting minutes published with the July 27, 2026 meeting documents record: "DATA CENTER", "data center", "Data center". These terms appear in the minutes, not as items on that agenda. The document stays here as a permanent…
On the record:
“DATA CENTER”“data center”“Data center”
Mon
20
Jul 2026
Past ⚠ Agenda Watch Government Meeting
Aberdeen, South Dakota
· Monday, July 20, 2026 — 3 months ago
Meeting minutes published with the July 20, 2026 meeting documents record: "DATA CENTER", "data center". These terms appear in the minutes, not as items on that agenda. The document stays here as a permanent public record.
On the record:
“DATA CENTER”“data center”
Tue
20
May 2025
Past ⚠ Agenda Watch Government Meeting
$9 was at stake
Spearfish, South Dakota
· Tuesday, May 20, 2025 — 1 year ago
The published agenda for the May 20, 2025 meeting contains: "colocation". The meeting has passed. The agenda stays here as a permanent public record.
On the record:
“colocation”
Tue
15
Apr 2025
Past ⚠ Agenda Watch Government Meeting
Spearfish, South Dakota
· Tuesday, April 15, 2025 — 2 years ago
The published agenda for the April 15, 2025 meeting contains: "colocation". The meeting has passed. The agenda stays here as a permanent public record.
On the record:
“colocation”
How the Docket works
Every record here is a dated civic fact — a government meeting with a data-center project on the published agenda, a council vote, a hearing, a rally, a deadline. Upcoming items tell you where to show up; showing up is how towns win. Past items never come off the record: they are the research archive of what was proposed, when, and where. Every record carries a permanent ID and cites its primary source — usually the government’s own published document.
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