Lawmakers advanced a bill that would reshape how Oklahoma tracks the water it pulls out of the ground. After a change during the legislative process, the measure would also add requirements for data centers seeking to use Oklahoma groundwater.
Tag: data centers
Posted inGovernment
Once divided, Sand Springs residents band together to demand recall of elected officials
Project Spring has already generated lawsuits, protests and national headlines. Now the data center debate has reached new heights with a recall election campaign.
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Developer pulls out of Coweta data center project, ending plans for Project Atlas
After facing intense community opposition, Beale Infrastructure officially withdrew its proposal to build the 270-acre Project Atlas.
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Data center debate reaches east Tulsa, where residents question what’s coming
Project Anthem will transform part of far east Tulsa. As developers seek to expand their plans, residents see problems on the horizon.
Posted inGovernment
Tulsa will pause new data center construction for 9 months after council vote
The proposal was reduced from a year to nine months. Planning commissioners are still set to consider Project Anthem in east Tulsa April 1.
Posted inGovernment
New lawsuit challenges land deal enabling controversial Sand Springs data center
A Tulsa-based group accuses a Sand Springs property owner of violating a 2013 agreement by agreeing to annex his land for the Project Spring data center.
Posted inGovernment
East Tulsa data center rezoning for Project Anthem delayed
Planning staff recommend denial as residents raise environmental and property value concerns.
Posted inLa Semana
With more data centers on the horizon, organizers don’t want east Tulsans left out of the loop
Environmental justice groups brought information about Project Anthem, a proposed 340-acre data center campus, and its potential impact on resources to east Tulsa.
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Tulsa officials will consider a year-long moratorium on data centers. Here is what that could mean.
As AI infrastructure floods northeastern Oklahoma, a Tulsa councilor wants to pause construction on hyperscale data centers.
Posted inDocumenters
Google data center developer offers few details in Osage Minerals Council briefing
White Rose Partners offered to answer questions about Project Spring but couldn’t share whether the Sand Springs data center would involve artificial intelligence.
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Cherokee Nation to study the impacts of data centers
The task force will examine the impacts of data centers and generative AI on the Cherokee Nation Reservation.
Posted inBusiness
This city became a data center boomtown. Many call it a ‘miracle’ — but not everyone agrees.
A town in Washington state went from a french fry production center to a fiber optic hub. It’s attracted jobs, investment and its fair share of skeptics.