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Data centers in Oklahoma: 18 projects mapped
Oklahoma's data center story starts in Pryor, where Google's campus at MidAmerica Industrial Park is, by the company's account, its second-largest in the world. The Frontier obtained its water records: from July 2024 to June 2025 it used more than 1.1 billion gallons and discharged about 253 million gallons of wastewater into the Neosho River, with the rest lost to evaporation. In February 2026 The Frontier counted at least 10 new data centers under construction or awaiting approval across the state, and Google alone had announced five new Oklahoma projects in the past few months. Google's planned sites include two campuses in Muskogee County near Summit and Council Hill, a campus in Stillwater and "Project Spring" in Sand Springs. The Oklahoma Water Resources Board expects state water demand to grow 18 percent over 20 years. "The new and emerging users, such as data centers, will contribute to the strain depending on how data centers source water," board engineer Yohanes Sugeng told lawmakers in October 2025.
Pushback has changed some designs. Beale Infrastructure switched its $800 million Project Atlas in Coweta to air cooling after criticism that it would use up to 5.4 million gallons of water a day, The Frontier reported, and said its Project Mustang in Claremore would be air-cooled too. Beale withdrew Project Atlas on March 30, 2026, after weeks of opposition; the land was never rezoned, News On 6 reported. The developers of Project Spring said it would use a dry cooling system, at least in its early phases. News 9 reported that Claremore's council approved Project Mustang on May 18, 2026 after nearly two hours of public comment, and that a conservation group, Land Legacy, sued in March over an easement covering part of the Sand Springs site.
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Governor Kevin Stitt signed House Bill 2992, the Data Center Consumer Ratepayer Protection Act of 2026, on May 11. It took effect July 1. It requires new data centers, crypto mines and AI computing facilities adding 75 megawatts or more to sign long-term agreements covering the infrastructure costs they cause, and requires developers to notify the Corporation Commission, county commissioners and neighboring landowners within 60 days of buying land, StateImpact Oklahoma and Data Center Knowledge reported. "This bill makes it clear that when you plug into Oklahoma's world-class energy grid, you come to the table as a partner and do your part to cover the costs," Stitt said. PSO had filed a large load tariff with the commission, and OG&E said Google would cover grid connection costs for the three data centers it agreed to power in Muskogee County and Stillwater. Ari Peskoe of Harvard Law School's Electricity Law Initiative told Data Center Knowledge that such agreements may only partly protect consumers if utilities overbuild for AI demand that never materializes.
Cities have moved on their own. Oklahoma City imposed a moratorium on new data center applications running through December 31, 2026. About a month later, after data center employees crowded the council chambers, the council voted 7-2 to let facilities of up to 75 megawatts apply and to exempt two named sites, including a Scale Datacenters facility serving Cerebras, the Oklahoma City Free Press reported. "Where does that stop?" asked Councilor JoBeth Hamon, who voted no with James Cooper. Pawhuska's Public Works Authority voted 3-2 for a full moratorium through the end of 2026 after a proposal to convert a vacant carpet mill into an AI data center, News 9 reported.
9 counties with tracked projects
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Where people here have won
Projects stopped by a vote, pulled by their developer, or blocked in court.
| Place | What happened | Date | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CowetaBeale Infrastructure (Project Atlas) | Withdrawn by the developer Beale pulled its rezoning after the planning commission recommended denial and residents organized against it. | Mar 30, 2026 | 270 acres |
Moratoriums and bans in effect
Places in Oklahoma that have paused or banned new data centers.
| Place | Type | Started | Ends | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NormanTown or city | Moratorium | Jun 26, 2026 | Jun 9, 2027 | Record off site ↗ |
| LutherTown or city | Moratorium | Jun 17, 2026 | Dec 31, 2026 | Record off site ↗ |
| Broken ArrowTown or city | Moratorium | Jun 15, 2026 | Dec 15, 2026 | Record off site ↗ |
| EdmondTown or city | Moratorium | Jun 8, 2026 | Dec 31, 2026 | Record off site ↗ |
| Oklahoma CityTown or city | Moratorium | Apr 21, 2026 | Dec 31, 2026 | Record off site ↗ |
| PawhuskaTown or city | Moratorium | Apr 14, 2026 | Dec 31, 2026 | Record off site ↗ |
| TulsaTown or city | Moratorium | Mar 25, 2026 | Dec 31, 2026 | Record off site ↗ |
| Seminole Nation of Oklahoma LandsTribal nation | Moratorium | Mar 7, 2026 | No end date | Record off site ↗ |
| Cherokee Nation Tribal LandsTribal nation | Ban | Not reported | No end date | Record off site ↗ |
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