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"Where You Want to Put Your Data Center Is Not a Trade Secret." Oklahoma's NDA Debate, Explained.
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (1644+ words) When fast-food chicken restaurant chain Chick-fil-A began looking for a location in Claremore, company officials asked the city for a nondisclosure agreement. “We don’t shout it from the rooftops that, hey, ‘Developer Smith is wanting to put in a chicken…...
A Transmission Line Built to Fix Grid Congestion Has Become Oklahoma's Hottest Data Center Address
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1607+ words) Amid the farm fields of northwest Oklahoma City, a place where high-voltage power lines converge has attracted interest from two data center developers, each seeking to build at the western terminus of a new $72 million transmission project. The Mathewson Substation,…...
Did Oklahoma recently pass a law that requires any new data center using 75 or more megawatts to pay their own infrastructure costs and give 60 days notice before buying land?
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (174+ words) House Bill 2992, signed on May 11, requires large-load customers to fund their own infrastructure costs and to notify government entities and adjacent landowners within 60 days of purchasing land. Governing bodies reviewing electric supplier rates are to ensure that other customers are…...
Oklahoma Prisons One Step Closer to Blocking Contraband Cell Phone Signals
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (590+ words) The Oklahoma Department of Corrections might soon have a long-forbidden security tool at its disposal. “The Commission will take public input on a proposal to make clear that, while jamming of authorized radio transmissions is not allowed, signals from illegal…...