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Residents urge zero-liquid discharge, noise controls and battery storage for proposed Gemini data center

Sioux Falls City Council · January 13, 2026
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Summary

During public input at the Jan. 13 Sioux Falls City Council meeting, residents urged conditions on the proposed 500-megawatt Gemini Capital Data Center—calling for a conditional-use permit, zero liquid discharge (ZLD), testing/disposal protocols for brine, sound-absorptive barriers and battery energy storage instead of diesel generators.

At the Sioux Falls City Council meeting on Jan. 13, multiple residents used the public-comment period to press for stronger environmental and operational safeguards on the proposed Gemini Capital Data Center.

Kelsey Hart, who identified herself as a Sioux Falls resident, told the council the project would be the region's largest hyperscale data center if built at the scale discussed. Hart said the…

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