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