What tax breaks do Oklahoma data centers receive?

Google's Pryor facility received $352.9 million in combined tax exemptions and credits over a decade ($239M property tax + $113.9M income tax credits) for approximately 800 jobs, or $441,000 per job. New Oklahoma projects use 25-year PILOT (Payment in Lieu of Taxes) agreements with 85-100% property tax abatement. SB 609 (2021) removed new data centers from the state's ad valorem exemption program but grandfathered Google through 2036.

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Oklahoma Infrastructure

How Many Data Centers Are in Oklahoma?

Q: How many data centers are in Oklahoma?

Oklahoma has 36+ operating data centers, 5-6 under construction, and 9+ in the planning or proposal stage. The total pipeline exceeds 50 projects representing 4,479+ megawatts of power demand. Google alone has committed $13.4 billion across at least 5 confirmed Oklahoma locations.

Q: Who is PSO's 1,000+ MW mystery customer?

PSO has not publicly disclosed the identity. The strongest candidate is Google, which has five confirmed campuses in PSO territory, signed 1,300 MW in Oklahoma clean energy PPAs, and has an explicit electric service agreement with PSO. IREN (Iris Energy) also submitted a 1,600 MW Oklahoma campus to the SPP interconnection queue in March 2026. OG&E separately disclosed an undisclosed 1 GW data center contract expected to be filed with the OCC by mid-2026.

Q: How do data centers affect my electric bill?

Data centers require massive grid upgrades (new power plants, transmission lines, substations). Those costs are currently recovered through rate increases on all customers. PSO projects a 3,124 MW capacity deficit by 2031. OG&E projects a 3,459 MW deficit by 2035. Combined, Oklahoma needs 6,583 MW of new generation capacity, and ratepayers have historically paid for utility infrastructure through their monthly bills. HB 2992 was approved by the governor in May 2026 and is designed to move more large-load infrastructure costs onto data center operators.

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Quick Answer

Oklahoma has 50+ tracked data center projects.

We count 36+ operating data centers, 5-6 under construction, and 9+ planned or proposed projects. Known projects represent 4,479+ MW of data-center power demand where capacity has been disclosed or can be estimated from public reporting and utility materials.

Count last updated May 27, 2026. The map separates confirmed projects from resident-reported ZIP signals.

The Scale

Oklahoma's Data Center Boom

50+

Total projects tracked

Operating + building + planned

4,479

Megawatts in the pipeline

Enough to power 3.7M homes

$13.4B

Google's commitment alone

$4.4B existing + $9B new

6,583

MW capacity shortfall

Combined OG&E + PSO deficit

Estimated megawatts by project status. Some planned facilities have not disclosed MW capacity.

The Map

Where Oklahoma's Largest Projects Cluster

Use the map to compare confirmed project clusters, utility-facing load centers, and resident-reported ZIP signals reviewed on May 27, 2026.

Dots are anchored to city, county, site, or ZIP coordinates and nudged apart in dense areas. Dashed lines point back to the original location. Red markers show resident-reported ZIP signals, not verified facility ownership.

Zoomed corridors

Dense corridors are expanded below so nearby projects and report ZIPs do not sit on top of each other.

Tulsa / Northeast

Claremore, Owasso, Tulsa, Broken Arrow and Strang

7 points

OKC / Yukon

Piedmont, Yukon, Luther and Oklahoma City ZIPs

7 points

Stillwater / Stroud

Payne, Lincoln and Creek County report corridor

4 points

Muskogee / Southeast

Muskogee, Oktaha, Okmulgee and Kiowa

6 points

Selected Marker

Google Pryor

Pryor

MidAmerica Industrial Park campus and Oklahoma anchor facility.

Source: Company and Oklahoma reporting

At a glance

Verified Oklahoma projects tracked

50+

Operating, building, planned, crypto, colo, and utility-facing projects

Oklahoma project markers shown

Largest verified clusters and utility-facing load centers

Resident report entries reviewed

Oklahoma entries bucketed into 17 ZIP markers

Grid demand tracked here

4,479+ MW

Known Oklahoma data-center pipeline demand where disclosed or estimated

Reported ZIP clusters

Northeast corridor: Claremore, Owasso, Tulsa, Broken Arrow, Strang and Muskogee-area ZIPs

Central corridor: Stillwater, Davenport, Stroud, Luther, Piedmont, Yukon and Oklahoma City ZIPs

Southeast corridor: Okmulgee, Oktaha / Council Hill and Kiowa ZIPs

How to read the markers

Red ZIP markers are useful public signals, but they are not counted as confirmed projects. Project-by-project claims on this page come from Oklahoma reporting, utility filings, SPP materials, company announcements, and our local inventory.

Sources: News9, The Frontier, SPP

The Major Players

Hyperscale and Large Facilities

Project	Location	MW	Investment	Status	Utility
Google (5 confirmed + 1 unconfirmed)
Pryor	MidAmerica Industrial Park, Mayes County	400+ est.	$4.4B+	Operating	GRDA
Stillwater	Payne County, 400 acres	TBD	Up to $3B	Building	OG&E
Sand Springs (Project Spring)	Hwy 97, 827 acres	TBD	Part of $9B	Approved	PSO
Muskogee (Summit + Council Hill)	Muskogee County, 2 campuses	TBD	Part of $9B	Planned	OG&E
Project Clydesdale (unconfirmed)	Near Owasso, 506 acres	TBD	$1B	Building	PSO
Other Hyperscale
Project Anthem (likely Meta)	East Tulsa, 340+ acres	50-200+	$800M	Building	PSO
IREN Oklahoma	Woods County (Alva), 2,000 acres	1,600	TBD	In SPP Queue	SPP
Core Scientific / CoreWeave	Port of Muskogee	100	$4B	Building	OG&E
Polaris (Project Bifrost)	Port Muskogee	200	$100M	Operating	OG&E
Beltline / Gamma (Yukon)	I-40 / N. Frisco Rd, Yukon	500	~$1B	Stalled	OG&E
CloudBurst OKC	2000 S Council Rd, OKC	60	TBD	Planned	OG&E
Chickasha (Behind-the-Meter)	Chickasha Airport Industrial Park	TBD	$3.5B	Planned	Self-gen

Sources: News9, The Frontier, Nathan Hammer, Baxtel, Google

The Grid

Where the Power Comes From

The short answer is that Oklahoma does not currently have enough headroom for the wave of hyperscale demand already in motion. Utilities are forecasting large capacity gaps, and the cost of filling those gaps usually lands on customer bills unless policy changes first.

Oklahoma's two largest utilities project a combined 6,583 MW capacity shortfall within the next decade. PSO needs 3,124 MW by 2031. OG&E needs 3,459 MW by 2035. The Southwest Power Pool projects peak demand could nearly double from 56 GW to 105-110 GW by 2035.

OK Energy Today reported that in summer 2024, 7 of the top 10 most congested points on the entire SPP grid were in Oklahoma. Congestion means utilities buy costlier power instead of cheap wind energy, and those costs flow through fuel adjustments to your bill. PSO's congestion costs alone hit $217 million in 2022.

Someone pays for all the new power plants, transmission lines, and substations. Oklahoma's statewide residential annual average is already up 29.6% since 2020. OG&E has proposed a surcharge starting at 55 cents/month in 2026, escalating to $4.41/month by 2031, specifically for data center infrastructure.

See every rate increase since 1996

PSO Deficit

3,124 MW

shortfall by 2031 (31%)

Plus $597M rate case pending and $1.255B CWIP request

OG&E Deficit

3,459 MW

shortfall by 2035 (38%)

Plus an undisclosed 1 GW contract not yet in the forecast

The Cost

What Oklahoma Gives Up

This is not only a power-grid story. It is also a public-incentive story. Oklahoma has already traded away large tax revenue streams to land hyperscale projects, often with long abatement periods and relatively few permanent jobs per site.

Google's Pryor facility received $352.9 million in combined tax exemptions and credits over a decade for approximately 800 Oklahoma jobs. That's $441,000 per job before the newer wave of 25-year PILOT agreements.

New projects use 25-year PILOT agreements with 85-100% property tax abatement. Stillwater's Google deal offers 100% abatement for 25 years, with PILOT payments at only 15-20% of normal taxes. The public recovers about 40% of what full taxes would generate.

SB 609 (2021) removed new data centers from the state's ad valorem exemption program, but grandfathered Google through 2036. Google accounted for 97% of state data center tax exemptions between 2016-2020.

$353M

Google Pryor tax breaks

For ~800 permanent jobs

$441K

Per job (Google Pryor)

National avg: $1.95M/job

97%

Of state DC tax exemptions

Went to Google (2016-2020)

The Response

What Oklahoma Lawmakers Are Doing

The policy direction is becoming clearer. Oklahoma lawmakers are trying to force more transparency, separate data-center loads from residential customers, and make large-load operators cover more of the infrastructure they require.

Bill	What It Does	Status
HB 2992	Data centers pay their own infrastructure costs (75+ MW threshold)	Approved by governor May 2026.
HB 299	Bans NDAs that hide data center identities from public	Passed House 82-0. In Senate.
HB 3394	Creates state data center registry (no agency tracks this today)	Passed committee
HB 3397	Separate utility rate classification for data centers	Referred to Rules
SB 480	Behind the Meter: data centers can self-generate power	Signed into law (May 2025)
SB 1488	Moratorium on new data centers >100 MW	Dead (no hearing)

Sources: Oklahoma House, OK Energy Today, Oklahoma Legislature

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