South Dakota Data Center Ordinance Tracker: spreadsheet downloads
Data as of 2026-11-12. Licensed under CC BY 4.0: credit "South Dakota Data Center Ordinance Tracker, sddatacenterordinances.org".

sd-data-center-ordinances-places.csv has one row per county, city, or town (376 rows). A county row describes the rules for the land outside city and town limits.
sd-data-center-ordinances-counties.csv has one row per county (66 rows).


PLACE FILE

County: The county the place is in.
Place: The name, for example Yankton County or Rapid City.
Type: County, City, Town or Village.
Status: Adopted Ordinance (the municipality enacted its own rules), County Rules Apply or County Rules May Apply (rules come from a county ordinance), Proposed Ordinance (a formal step has been taken on a draft), No Ordinance Yet: Draft Under Discussion, or No Ordinance.
Rating Basis: What the rating is based on: Adopted text, County ordinance text, Draft text, Pending (the text has not been seen or read yet), No ordinance, or Not rated.
Core Protections (0 to 10): How many of the Ten Core Protections the text addresses, as a number. Blank when there is no rated text; blank is not the same as 0.
Coverage Band: Broad (7 to 10), Partial (4 to 6), Narrow (1 to 3) or No coverage (0). Blank when there is no rated text.
Protections at Best Standard (0 to 10): How many of the ten meet the best standard. Blank when there is no rated text.
Points (of 104): The score across all 52 criteria of the Tracker Standard, 0 to 2 points each. Blank when it has not been recorded.
Percent of Points: Points divided by 104, as a percent.
Ordinance in Effect: The ordinance number or name of the rules in effect, as recorded, for example No. 01-2026 or a county ordinance. Blank when none is recorded.
Adoption Date: The date of the most recent dated record that says the ordinance was adopted or enacted (YYYY-MM-DD). Blank when no such record is listed; check the Tracker Page for the full history.
Summary: The two-sentence summary shown on the Tracker Page.
Core Protections (Display): The rating as the site shows it, for example 4 of 10 (Partial coverage).
Where Data Centers Are Allowed: The districts or approval path, as recorded.
Last Verified: The date the record was last checked (YYYY-MM-DD).
Primary Source: A link to the main public record used.
Tracker Page: The municipality page on sddatacenterordinances.org.
County Rule Note: For County Rules Apply and County Rules May Apply, the reason county rules reach the municipality.
As Of: The date of the data in the file.

COUNTY FILE

Adopted Ordinances (Municipal): Municipalities with their own adopted ordinance; county rules are counted separately.
Share Adopted (%): Adopted Ordinances (Municipal) divided by Municipalities.
Typical Core Protections (Median, of 10): The middle Core Protections count among the county’s own adopted, rated ordinances. Blank when there are none.
Highest Rated Ordinance: The adopted municipal ordinance with the most Core Protections, with its score in the next column.

A blank cell means the value does not exist or has not been recorded. A 0 means the text was read and scored 0.