Oklahoma
DataCentersExposed tracks 29 AI data centers in Oklahoma — 8 operating and 9 in the pipeline — across 9 counties, drawing 385 MW of reported power demand from 4 tracked corporate operators.
Sources: Methodology, Coverage scorecard
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated May 29, 2026
Oklahoma at a glance
The largest footprint in Oklahoma belongs to TierPoint, LLC, behind 3 tracked facilities. Alphabet Inc., Prime Data Centers, and Lumen Technologies round out the most active operators in the state. Many of these sites are filed under shell or project names rather than the parent's — our operator column resolves them back to the real corporate parent wherever the chain is documented.
Geographically, the buildout clusters: Tulsa County leads Oklahoma with 8 facilities and a composite risk score of 11/100. Oklahoma County and Mayes County follow. Our county risk score weights project exposure (40%), power demand (30%), water draw (15%), and land footprint (15%); the full breakdown is shown on each county page.
Oklahoma is not done growing. 9 facilities are in the pipeline — proposed, permitted, or under construction — which is where residents still have a say at zoning hearings and in rate cases. Each pending project is a decision about land, water, electricity prices, and tax revenue that hasn't been finalized.
We also surface the accountability trail: 8 state bills mentioning data centers and 6 recent news items are tracked for Oklahoma below, pulled from LegiScan and GDELT and refreshed automatically. Legislation is linked to the counties and operators it names; news is classified by community sentiment.
Data-center policy watch: Oklahoma enacted the Data Center Consumer Ratepayer Protection Act (HB 2992, effective July 2026), requiring large-load customers that add 75 MW or more to sign long-term agreements covering their own infrastructure costs.
2035 Buildout Outlook
Under the model's moderate-growth scenario (5%/yr annual load growth), PNNL's IM3 model sites about 2 standardized 36 MW campuses in Oklahoma by 2035 — roughly 72 MW of new electricity demand and ~70 M gal/yr of cooling water. Under the higher-growth scenario (15%/yr) that climbs to 15 campuses (540 MW). For scale, we currently track 29 real data centers in Oklahoma (385 MW of reported power).
- Low growth136 MW · ~35 M gal/yr cooling water
- Moderate growth272 MW · ~70 M gal/yr cooling water
- High growth7252 MW · ~244 M gal/yr cooling water
- Higher growth15540 MW · ~522 M gal/yr cooling water
The model assigns ~100% of these campuses' cooling to evaporative water cooling in Oklahoma (the rest to mechanical/air cooling), a split it derives from local water stress and wet-bulb temperature.
These are modeled candidate sites, not announced or permitted facilities. PNNL's IM3 model places identical 36 MW unit-campuses at feasible locations under each scenario — it shows where demand could concentrate, never a specific parcel. Figures use a market-gravity weight of 50. How the model works.
Top operators in Oklahoma
County risk leaderboard
| County | Facilities | Pipeline | Risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tulsa County | 8 | 1 | 11 |
| Oklahoma County | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| Mayes County | 2 | — | 4 |
| Bryan County | 1 | — | 4 |
| Wagoner County | 3 | 2 | — |
| Osage County | 1 | 1 | — |
| Payne County | 1 | 1 | — |
| Rogers County | 1 | 1 | — |
| Muskogee County | 1 | 1 | — |
| Canadian County | 1 | 1 | — |
Pipeline & proposals
- ProposedData centerOperator unknown · Wagoner County
- ProposedLuther Data CenterOperator unknown · Oklahoma County
- ProposedLuther Data CenterOperator unknown · Oklahoma County
- ProposedProject MustangOperator unknown · Rogers County
- Under construction100 MWCore Scientific / CoreWeave MuskogeeCore Scientific, Inc. · Muskogee County County
- Under constructionGoogle Stillwater Data Center CampusAlphabet Inc. · Payne County