12 data centers and projects on our map in Oklahoma, including 8 projects we track in detail. Each one links to its source. Below: where they are by county, the projects in the news, and the latest reporting from both sides.
See Oklahoma on the map. Existing facilities come from OpenStreetMap, a community-maintained public map that is incomplete; proposed, under construction and blocked projects are tracked one by one from news, filings and official records.
Blocked, paused or withdrawn three-year moratorium approved by tribal referendum October 3, 2026, runs to October 2029
Concho, Canadian
announced 2026-10-03
Cheyenne and Arapaho tribal citizens voted 261 to 83 to pause data center construction on tribal lands for three years, citing water, environmental and transparency concerns. The tribal governor said no agreement with any developer had been signed.
Issues raised: water, opposition, zoning
Blocked, paused or withdrawn Permit rejected 4 to 1 by city planning, developer canceled the project in March 2026
Coweta, Wagoner County · Operator: Beale Infrastructure
A proposed 270 acre data center campus in Coweta, southeast of Tulsa. City planning rejected the permit after residents organized against it, and the developer announced it would not proceed, later starting a comparable project in De Soto, Kansas.
Issues raised: zoning, opposition, power, water
Blocked, paused or withdrawn City council voted unanimously in March 2026 for a nine month pause on new data center construction
Tulsa, Tulsa County
Tulsa paused new data center construction for nine months so the planning office could review zoning standards, with reports to the council every 60 days. Councilors cited water and power concerns and the siting of facilities in underserved neighborhoods, and the pause exempted two projects already approved or under way.
Issues raised: zoning, water, power, opposition
Proposed Grady County commissioners rejected forming a planning commission September 30, 2026, public meeting set for October 6
Amber, Grady · Operator: Aligned Data Centers
announced 2026-09-30
Aligned Data Centers bought land in unincorporated Grady County, Oklahoma in July and plans a public meeting at Amber Pocasset High School on October 6. The county board of commissioners voted on September 30 against a proposal to let voters create a county planning commission, which would have been one of the few local tools to regulate the project.
Issues raised: zoning, transparency, opposition
Proposed rezoning advanced by Piedmont planning commission to City Council on Oct. 6, 2026
Piedmont, Canadian · Operator: Beltline Energy
announced 2026-10-06
Beltline Energy is seeking rezoning for a data center on land near NW 248th and Frisco Road. The planning commission required additional environmental, sound, power, water and traffic studies before final approval. Residents raised concerns about the Oklahoma City metro power corridor filling up.
Issues raised: zoning, water, power, noise, opposition
Proposed Announced as part of a 9 billion dollar Oklahoma package
Stillwater, Payne County · Operator: Google
Google announced a new data center in Stillwater alongside expansion of its Pryor campus, within a stated 9 billion dollar two year investment in Oklahoma cloud and AI infrastructure. The city has published a project page as local review proceeds.
Issues raised: power, water, tax-incentives, jobs
Proposed Confirmed by the state, first two phases exempted from the city moratorium
Tulsa, Tulsa County · Operator: Meta
$1 billion
Meta was confirmed by the governor as the company behind a data center of more than 1 billion dollars in east Tulsa. Officials cite about 1,000 construction jobs and roughly 100 permanent positions, and the city moratorium adopted in March 2026 exempted the first two phases of the project.
Issues raised: power, jobs, tax-incentives, zoning
Proposed City council approved February 2026; still needs Osage Minerals Council authorization and, if ONCA 26-70 passes, Osage Congress approval
Sand Springs, Tulsa · Operator: White Rose Partners with Google backing
An 827-acre proposed hyperscale data-center site at the southern end of the Osage reservation, backed by Google through developer White Rose Partners. A new Osage Nation Congress bill introduced Sept. 26 would require tribal legislative approval before the project can move forward.
Issues raised: zoning, opposition, transmission, water
Piedmont's planning commission voted to send a proposed data center rezoning near NW 248th and Frisco Road to the City Council. The commission required additional environmental, sound, power, water and traffic studies before any final approval. A separate Cloverleaf Infrastructure data center proposal is scheduled for a council vote Oct. 26.
Check it: The rezoning still has to clear the City Council; the additional studies requested are not yet complete, so the project is not approved.
Tribal citizens voted 261 to 83 on Saturday to impose a three-year pause on data center construction on Cheyenne and Arapaho tribal land in western Oklahoma. Tribal Governor Reggie Wassana said no agreement has been signed with any developer. Residents cited concerns about water, environmental impact, revenue sharing and transparency.
Check it: Confirm the moratorium resolution language and whether it covers all tribal lands or specific jurisdictions, and whether any specific project was under negotiation.
Coverage of the tribal moratorium notes residents cited an estimated 300,000 gallons per day of water use that a typical data center can require as a central concern, along with concerns about who would benefit economically. The tribal governor said community discussion must come before any project.
Check it: The 300,000 gallons per day figure is a general industry average for medium-sized facilities, not a specific project estimate for tribal land.
The Grady County Board of Commissioners on September 30 rejected a proposal to put a question before voters about forming a county planning commission that would have regulated land use including data centers. Aligned Data Centers purchased land in unincorporated Grady County in July for a data center and plans an October 6 public meeting. One commissioner said constituents did not want county zoning.
Check it: The vote preserves the current state of no county zoning authority, which limits residents' legal tools to shape or stop the project rather than approving it directly.
Rep. Mark Chapman convened an interim study titled The Real Impact of Data Centers, hearing from operators, developers, environmental regulators and residents on utility bills, water use and local zoning. Chapman said the state needs to look at multiple perspectives before drafting legislation.
Check it: An interim study is a hearing to gather information, not a bill; any legislation would need to be filed and passed in a later session.
Congresswoman Angela Pratt introduced ONCA 26-70, which would require any Osage Nation governmental entity to consult the 12-member tribal Congress before approving a hyperscale data center on Osage territory. The bill is aimed at the 827-acre Project Spring, a Google-backed proposal in Sand Springs that the Sand Springs City Council approved in February but that still needs Osage Minerals Council authorization for subsurface work.
Check it: The Natural Resources Committee postponed consideration to a future meeting. Watch whether the bill advances out of committee and whether the Minerals Council goes ahead independently.
Congresswoman Angela Pratt filed ONCA 26-70 to require Osage Nation governmental entities to get congressional approval before any hyperscale data center is approved on Osage territory. The measure follows ongoing talks between the Osage Minerals Council and Google over the 827-acre Project Spring site in Sand Springs; the Natural Resources Committee postponed action.
Check it: The bill has not been voted on and would not by itself block Project Spring, which still needs Minerals Council approval.
PSO went before the Oklahoma Corporation Commission seeking approval for hundreds of millions of dollars in new generation, arguing that data center load will spread fixed costs and reduce residential bills over time. The utility pointed to sister company Indiana Michigan Power, which has asked Indiana regulators for a roughly $100 per year residential reduction tied to large-load growth.
Check it: Whether PSO's modeled bill savings assume full contracted load and firm cost recovery from data centers, and how the commission staff and consumer advocate score the claim.
For the arguments behind these fights, see the case for data centers, the case against, and the questions people ask, each answered from both sides.
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