Subsurface signal report
Mount Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota
01 · Data Centers · this parcel
1 data center within 25 miles
- Data centers can use large volumes of water directly for cooling — it depends on the facility's cooling system — and the electricity that powers them often needs cooling water too, back at the power plant. Either draw can pull from the same aquifer your well or local utility relies on.
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01Data Centers
Data centers nearby
1 within 25 miles
One data-center site is on record within 25 miles; the closest is 12.5 miles away (its location is approximate). One is announced, permitted or under construction rather than running, so it's worth asking the city what is planned.
Public permit, registry and map records, plus news; each facility links its record below.
Power use in homes
About 1,600 homes
The nearest data center, Sequitor Edge Rapid City, is 12.5 miles from this address and recorded as planned. Its location is approximate, so the distance is too. Its record states 2 MW. Running all year at that level, it would use about as much electricity as 1,600 average U.S. homes use.
Facility record linked under Data centers nearby; U.S. EIA average home electricity use, 2022 (1 MW running all year ≈ 800 homes).
Power lines and substations
Substation 5.6 mi
The nearest mapped substation (24.9 kV) is 5.6 miles away. Big grid equipment is common near data centers; being close doesn't mean it serves this property.
OpenStreetMap volunteers' mapping of lines and substations (ODbL).
Heat and cooling
0 days a year at 100°F+ (weather model)
Air temperature here: the regional weather model shows about 0 days a year at 100°F or hotter (2021–2025). The model averages over a large grid square, so nearby weather stations can record more hot days. Hotter days mean more cooling for any data center nearby, which draws more power and can draw more water. Ground-surface temperature: satellites measure the ground at data center sites, not at your address. This report checks data centers within 10 miles of the address; the nearest on record here is 12.5 miles away.
ERA5 weather reanalysis (ECMWF / Copernicus); NASA ECOSTRESS surface temperature, GeoLocity heat check thermal-v1.
Cost of electricity
14.4¢ per kWh (2024)
Homes on Black Hills Power, Inc. paid about 14.4¢ per kWh in 2024. That is about 7% more than in 2020. The record shows the rise, not its cause, but it belongs in a monthly budget. The state-average grid mix releases about 334 lb of CO₂ for every 1,000 kWh used, and about 79% of its power is renewable.
U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA-861) utility filings; EPA eGRID for the grid mix.