I have been seeing quite a few ads online for this Data Center Lobbyist front called NetChoice. And they have specifically said in the ads that they are pushing for the rezone on the Data Center between SF and Weirdsville (Brandon).
I guess they are getting serious about this. But why would you advertise to the public when all you have to convince is a mayor and 4 councilors? NetChoice really doesn’t understand how this works.
Oh, and I read their posts about data centers. Total hogwash. I told someone for every ONE positive story about data centers there is 1,000 negative stories. Do you think that is a cabal?
I have told people I think only one or two councilors are opposed to this, but will get their titties twisted on Jan 6 and vote like good kids.
THIS IS PASSING, I HAVE NO DOUBT!
The sad part is this will set a VERY dangerous precedent. I think the city should wait for the state legislature to put regs in place before re-zoning, and BTW, in a joint-jurisdiction zone, which is even more troubling because who really has the authority to approve this? The County? The Township? The City? I don’t know, it is a freaking mystery to me.
If this moves forward, you will see a massive data center park built in Sioux Falls, and since we didn’t stop this NOW we are screwed, but are we?
I think this re-zone is important enough that there needs to be a petition drive to call a special election and overturn the re-zone. If we don’t stop this NOW, we never will.
I don’t have the resources to get 7,500 sigs in 20 days, but several non-profits do. I emailed a local non-profit opposed to this rezone and told them to get a petition drive ready, because this is the only way you will stop this madness, I would also coordinate with the sustainability folks, the Dem party, Jamie Smith’s campaign and that local group of independents lead by Knobe.
And it is madness. The way the council has voted on items affecting residents over the past two years has been baffling, counter productive, damaging, and frankly disgusting. If it’s black, they vote white. If it is white, they vote black. They vote against our interests so much I am trying to figure out what’s in the water at Carnegie?
The big boys in the tech world think they are going to roll us hayseeds in SD, it’s time we stand up to them and tell them were they can stick their servers.
l3wis 
