The growth of AI and data centers is attracting more and more discussion, not just across the nation but also in Oklahoma. One discussion is to make data centers a separate customer class.
Recall how Google intends to spend $9 billion in the state in the next two years, expand its current data center at Pryor, obtain power from a new solar farm under construction and also constrution of a new data center in Stillwater.
Data center use large amount of electricity so consequently there is a demand for more production facilities and higher electric rates.
As reported at Renewable Energy World, some suggest that data centers and other “superusers” be treated as a separate customer class with special rules and added flexibility.
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