Skepticism to the possibility of a huge new data center in some areas of Oklahoma is not limited to just Oklahoma. Other states are facing the same kind of questions regarding the gigantic spread of the data centers, that not only require significant amounts of electric power but space too.
Questions were raised at a recent meeting in Luther about a possible 400 acre site for a possible data center. Days later, Chickasha was announced as a site for another data center.
The same kind of anxiety is reported in south Texas near New Braunfels. Just as in Chickasha where such a center would be powered using Oklahoma’s new “behind the meter” law, which allows firms to create their own source of electrical power, the same process in Texas is on the drawing board.
The New Braunfels data center would be big enough to power a large city and be powered by west Texas natural gas. The AI startup called CloudBurst has reached agreement with Energy Transfer for the supply of natural gas and other data centers might reach a deal with Energy Transfer, a Dallas firm with a major operation in Oklahoma City.
Energy Transfer said it is “in discussions with a number of data center developers and expects this to be the first of many agreements,” according to a report by The Texas Tribune.
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