Oklahoma is among 36 states across the U.S. with tax incentives to companies building data centers. Some are conservative, such as Oklahoma. Others are liberal. But they all have the same intention of attracting new business and economic wins.
However, as OK Energy Today has reported over the past several months, there is also opposition to the renewable energy resources wanting to locate in the state. Further, some customers in those 36 states are experiencing increased costs to pay for the data centers and other power-demanding projects.
Remember the Oklahoma Corporation Commission’s recent vote to approve the acquisition of the Green Country natural gas power plant which means more cost to ratepayers? It was sparked in part by the coming power demands of a $4 billion aluminium smelter at Port of Inola.
As pointed out in a recent article in Pennsylvania, it will be regular energy consumers,not corporations, who will “bear the brunt of the increased costs of a boom in artificial intelligence that has contributed to a growth in data centers and a surge in power usage, recent research suggests.”
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