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CSRE Properties South Dakota Blockchain Facility (Ben French Substation)

Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota

ProposedNo reception on recordRecord updated October 10, 2026

CSRE Properties South Dakota Blockchain Facility (Ben French Substation) is a proposed crypto mining site in Rapid City, South Dakota (Pennington County), operated by CSRE Properties South Dakota, LLC.

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Facility record

Proposed

Operator: CSRE Properties South Dakota, LLC
Facility type: Crypto mining
Location: Rapid City, Pennington County, SD
Coordinates: 44.0872, -103.2611 (approximate)
Power capacity: Not established from a public source
Land: Not established from a public source
Investment: Not established from a public source
Announced: Not established from a public source
Utility: Black Hills Energy (Black Hills Power, Inc.)
Power source: Grid
Cooling: Not established from a public source
Water use: Not established from a public source
Jobs: Not established from a public source
Public subsidy: Not established from a public source
Community reception: No reception on record
Source confidence: Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing

Timeline from the record

Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.

March 19, 2026
Proposed
Black Hills Power filed a Blockchain Interruptible Electric Service Agreement for PUC approval (Docket EL26-008). An amended agreement was filed 2026-08-18. Still pending. Source: South Dakota Public Utilities Commission

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of October 10, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over CSRE Properties South Dakota Blockchain Facility (Ben French Substation) in Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.

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Power and water

Blockchain Interruptible Service: Black Hills may interrupt service in part or in full for up to 300 hours per calendar year. The customer reimburses utility-side interconnection capital.

Notes on the record

Per the public amended agreement, the Facility is the customer's 'data mining and processing equipment located and/or to be installed in the vicinity of Company's Ben French substation in Rapid City.' The agreement only takes effect once a real-estate purchase between the customer and Black Hills Power closes; the original deadline was 2026-06-30, and an amended agreement was filed 2026-08-18. The customer's principal place of business is 490 Deadwood Ave., Rapid City. The Ben French generators on Deadwood Ave are slated to retire in 2027, when Lange II replaces them. No MW figure is public; the agreement is largely confidential. The entity name matches the 'CSRE Properties' naming of CleanSpark's real-estate subsidiaries, but no source read this session confirms the affiliation. Coordinates are Wikipedia's Ben French station point.

What the record does not establish, and the document that would

In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.

Power capacity in megawatts
Cooling method and water use
Tax abatements or other public subsidy
Permanent jobs promised
Land area
How the community has received it

Which document closes each gap

Power capacity in megawatts: The utility's large load service agreement, the interconnection request in the grid operator's queue, or the electrical site plan in the permit file.
Cooling method and water use: The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
Tax abatements or other public subsidy: The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
Permanent jobs promised: The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
Land area: The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with the county.
How the community has received it: Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.

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Other sites within 30 miles

Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.

Sequitor Edge Rapid City · Rapid City · Sequitor Edge6 mi · Proposed · 2 MW

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the CSRE Properties South Dakota Blockchain Facility (Ben French Substation) in Rapid City?

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the CSRE Properties South Dakota Blockchain Facility (Ben French Substation)?

No lawsuit over CSRE Properties South Dakota Blockchain Facility (Ben French Substation) appears in the record we track as of October 10, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.

How much water does CSRE Properties South Dakota Blockchain Facility (Ben French Substation) use?

No water withdrawal figure for CSRE Properties South Dakota Blockchain Facility (Ben French Substation) is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.

Who operates CSRE Properties South Dakota Blockchain Facility (Ben French Substation), and how big is it?

CSRE Properties South Dakota, LLC is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "CSRE Properties South Dakota Blockchain Facility (Ben French Substation)," updated October 10, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/csre-properties-blockchain-rapid-city-sd.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.1 (October 4, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/csre-properties-blockchain-rapid-city-sd, retrieved October 11, 2026.

Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.

Sources for this record

As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.

1.Application of Black Hills Power for Approval of a Blockchain Interruptible Service Contract (Docket EL26-008) · South Dakota Public Utilities Commission · retrieved October 10, 2026
2.Public Amended Exhibit 1 - Blockchain Interruptible Electric Service Agreement (EL26-008) · South Dakota Public Utilities Commission · retrieved October 10, 2026
3.Docket EL26-008 · South Dakota Public Utilities Commission · retrieved October 10, 2026
4.List of power stations in South Dakota (Ben French station coordinates) · Wikipedia · retrieved October 10, 2026

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