data centers

As Oklahomans consider the impacts of data centers, researchers are studying the economic effects. They say payoffs depend on how projects are negotiated.

Oklahomans are reporting sticker shock at the mailbox when opening their electric bills this summer. While artificial intelligence and the data centers needed to support them have become major subjects of public discourse, state lawmakers and regulators say they are only one part of a much larger explanation.

The Cherokee Nation issued a ban on hyperscale data center development for tribally owned and trust land on Wednesday.

The mayor of the City of Yukon will face a recall election. City leaders announced the petition's certification yesterday. This comes amid massive public pushback to a data center project in the city.

While a new state law partly limits data center groundwater use, in reality, data centers avoid water permits entirely by buying water from utilities. Residents are demanding answers in communities like Luther and Yukon.