Oklahoma Data Center Moratorium Tracker
Oklahoma has 1 state-level data-center restriction in force. 1 more bill is pending. 15 city and county measures are tracked here, 15 of them in force. Every entry below links to its primary source: a legislature page, a governor's office, a local government, or the reporting of record.
State-level measures in Oklahoma
Every statewide moratorium, pause, siting restriction, or tax-incentive rollback in Oklahoma we can verify against a primary source. Strongest status first.
| Measure | Status | What it does | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB 2992Data Center Customer Ratepayer Protection Act of 2026 | In force 2026-05 | Authored by Rep. Brad Boles and Sen. Grant Green, signed in May 2026 and effective July 1, 2026. Defines large load customers as new facilities adding 75 MW or more of demand, requires electric suppliers to set separate rate structures and conditions for them so that families, small businesses and traditional industrial customers do not absorb their infrastructure costs, and requires developers to notify adjoining landowners, county commissioners and the Corporation Commission within 60 days of acquiring land for a qualifying project. | |
| ‘Not enough data or expertise’: Oklahoma lawmakers consider future of data centers | Proposed 2026-09 | Nearly a dozen state lawmakers heard from various stakeholders about regulating the rapidly changing data center industry in Oklahoma. The lawmakers are weighing legislative solutions to balance the needs of data center operators and other interests. | |
| HB 4424Sunset of data center tax incentives | Failed / vetoed 2026-05 | HB 4424, filed by House Speaker Kyle Hilbert, would have ended data center eligibility for Oklahoma's five-year ad valorem (property tax) exemption for new facilities. It was referred to the House Appropriations and Budget Committee on Feb. 3, 2026 and saw no further action before the 2026 session adjourned. | |
| SB 1488Moratorium on new data centers until Nov 1 2029 | Failed / vetoed 2026-05 | Would bar new data centers exceeding a large power threshold until Nov 1 2029 and direct an Oklahoma Corporation Commission study; crossed over but died May 14 2026. |
City and county moratoria in Oklahoma
Most of the movement is local, where a building pause or permit halt does not need a legislative session. 15 tracked measures in Oklahoma, each with its source.
Where Oklahoma stands
Across the whole tracker we hold 334 state-level measures in 49 states and 1253 city and county measures, against 1419 primary sources. Oklahoma accounts for 4 of the state-level measures and 15 of the local ones.
By total measures on record it is #29 of the 50 states and DC carrying any tracked action, and #28 by city and county measures alone. Ranking is by count of sourced entries in this dataset, so it measures documented activity, not the size of the buildout.
Sources for Oklahoma
18 citations behind the entries above. Each opens in a new tab.
- Statewide · HB 2992 — Data Center Customer Ratepayer Protection Act of 2026 okhouse.gov →
- Statewide — ‘Not enough data or expertise’: Oklahoma lawmakers consider future of data centers oklahomavoice.com →
- Statewide · HB 4424 — Sunset of data center tax incentives oklegislature.gov →
- Statewide · SB 1488 — Moratorium on new data centers until Nov 1 2029 legiscan.com →
- Broken Arrow — Local moratorium on data centers through December 31, 2026 basentinel.com →
- Cherokee Nation and 1 other locality — 2 separate measures, cited together kgou.org →
- Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes — Three-year tribal moratorium on data center construction newson6.com →
- Choctaw — City moratorium on data centers through July 21, 2027 centraloklahomaweeklies.com →
- City of Edmond (data center moratorium), OK — City of Edmond (data center moratorium), OK data center moratorium okenergytoday.com →
- Edmond — Data center permit moratorium (through Dec. 31, 2026) kfor.com →
- Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma — Tribal moratorium on data centers with no end date tulsaflyer.org →
- Luther — Local moratorium on data centers through December 31, 2026 news9.com →
- Norman — Local moratorium on data centers through June 9, 2027 news9.com →
- Oklahoma City — Data center moratorium through end of 2026 okc.gov →
- Pawhuska — Data center moratorium through Dec. 31, 2026 fox23.com →
- Seminole Nation of Oklahoma — Local moratorium on data centers with no end date nativenewsonline.net →
- Shawnee — City moratorium on data centers through December 31, 2027 news9.com →
- Tulsa — Nine-month pause on new data center construction kosu.org →
What does bind large loads in Oklahoma
A moratorium is only one way a data center gets stopped. The grid operator decides whether it can connect at all, and on what terms. Oklahoma sits in 1 footprint.
Effectively entire state SPP (OG&E, PSO, co-ops).
States next door
6 of the 6 states bordering Oklahoma have at least one data-center measure on record. Restrictions tend to travel between neighbors, so this is usually where the next one comes from.
Data centers in Oklahoma
The US Data Center Map identifies 39 facilities run by 23 operators in Oklahoma, each one placed from primary sources and listed by city and by operator, with the measures on this page beside them.
Open the Oklahoma data center map → · The US Data Center Map →
How to read this page
In force = a moratorium, siting restriction, or tax-incentive rollback that is currently enacted, by statute or executive order. Paused = a temporary hold on new incentives or applications. Proposed = introduced and still pending. Failed / vetoed = died in committee, was voted down, or was vetoed.
This page is generated from the same primary-sourced dataset as the national U.S. Data Center Moratorium Tracker and is re-checked on the same weekly cycle, whether or not anything changed. Legislative status changes quickly; it is informational, not legal advice. Spot something out of date in Oklahoma? Tell us.
Companion references: the Data Center Grid Operator Watchlist for the interconnection and curtailment rules that bind here, the Data Center Water Tracker for water mandates, and the Data Center Delay Watchlist for named projects.
Why Oklahoma is pushing back
The objections repeat from state to state: strain on the electric grid, water drawn for cooling, and the sense that a facility takes local resources without giving much back. SAVRN builds AI factories designed around those three objections: on-site power that does not lean on the public grid, direct-to-chip cooling that does not consume municipal water, and a training institute that puts local people to work inside the building.
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