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Who decides here: the City Council of Hecla City votes on zoning. The Brown County may review big projects too.

Local votes and rules

📜 Data center rules · Brown County

The county added data center rules to its zoning code (Ordinance 303, new Chapter 4.38). They took effect Nov. 24, 2025. The October 2025 draft allowed data centers only in heavy industrial and farm-preservation areas, with a permit, one mile from homes, schools, churches and parks.

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What you can do

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    We'll email you if anything changes in Hecla City.
  2. Go to council meetings.
    Anyone can speak. Big projects usually need a public hearing.
  3. Ask questions in writing.
    Use our checklist.
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We'll email you when something changes in Hecla City. Nothing else.

⚡ Your electric company

Depending on where you live in Hecla City: Wapa-- Western Area Power Administration (public) or Northwestern Energy (company) or Northern Electric Co-op, Inc. (co-op (owned by its members)) or City of Hecla (not available) or Montana-dakota Utilities Co. (company).

Big data centers need a lot of power. Who pays for new power lines depends on state rules. See the rules in South Dakota.