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Recent Oklahoma data center news

• Oct 19, 2026

  The hidden opportunity in the next $2 trillion of US–Latin America trade

  McKinsey has published a research report analyzing the US–Latin America trade corridor and proposing an integrated ecosystem to scale Latino-owned businesses and corridor value creation.

  • The report estimates that systematically addressing barriers could add $170 billion to $295 billion in incremental trade over the next ten years, expanding corridor growth by 18 percent and creating up to $2 trillion in cumulative added trade over the next decade.
  • It argues for five levers: capital, market access, institutional coordination, commercialization, and ownership/reinvestment; examples cited include Nopalera, Quirch Foods, Félix Pago, Source Logistics, and Laredo as corridor-linked businesses and hubs.
• Oct 13, 2026 · Information Technology and Innovation Foundation

  The 2026 US-India Subnational Innovation Competitiveness Index

  ITIF and the Institute for Competitiveness, India have released a new subnational innovation competitiveness report comparing 87 regions in India and the United States.

  • The report benchmarks 36 Indian states and territories and 51 U.S. regions across 12 indicators in three pillars: knowledge economy, globalization, and innovation capacity.
  • It finds the District of Columbia, Massachusetts, and California top the U.S. list, while Chandigarh, Maharashtra, and Delhi lead India; it also discusses AI policy, FDI concentration, renewable energy, Internet access, R&D, business creation, and patenting.
  • The article is a report summary/analysis and appears to be the first public release of this index, with a downloadable report PDF; it includes multiple monetary figures such as $57.2 billion in India FDI equity and $1 billion for New Hampshire’s biofabrication cluster.
  • The piece is substantively about innovation, infrastructure, digital connectivity, AI, and clean energy, and is relevant to data centres because it discusses AI infrastructure, GPUs, digital infrastructure, and power/renewables.
• Oct 6, 2026

  Detroit council member seeks 18-month pause on data center permits: ‘There are no protections in place’

  Detroit council member Gabriela Santiago-Romero has requested a draft ordinance to pause permitting for new enterprise AI data centers until March 17, 2028, while the city develops formal zoning rules.

  • Santiago-Romero’s Sept. 29 memorandum asks the council’s legal division to draft an interim zoning moratorium to stop new permits; she said the pause would last until March 17, 2028.
  • The proposal follows a March council resolution urging Mayor Mary Sheffield to impose a two-year moratorium; the City Planning Commission is separately drafting a permanent zoning policy with a goal of Dec. 31 approval.
  • City officials said the mayor has not acted on the earlier request, and the administration has effectively paused permitting while the issue is under review; the legal path for the council’s new proposal remains unclear.
• Sep 24, 2026

  Louisiana’s next big industrial play could be nuclear

  The U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is weighing a proposed $50 billion federal plan to create three nuclear innovation campuses in the United States.

  • The Department of Energy’s Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campus initiative would combine advanced reactors, nuclear fuel recycling, and data centers at three hubs, with candidate host states including Louisiana, Tennessee, Utah, Oklahoma, Idaho, and West Virginia.
  • Supporters say each hub could generate up to $10 billion in long-term local tax revenue and 25,000 jobs; the plan would also involve states agreeing to store nuclear waste and comes amid debate over the stalled Yucca Mountain project and federal responsibility for spent fuel.
• Aug 26, 2026

  Facilities betting big on low-cost, 100-hour iron-air batteries

  Form Energy has announced a $750 million capital infusion and said the proceeds will accelerate manufacturing scale-up.

  • The company said the financing brings total capital raised to $2 billion since its 2017 launch, and will help scale its manufacturing facility in Weirton, West Virginia.
  • Form Energy is also working with Google and Xcel Energy on a project in Pine Island, Minnesota to supply 300 MW of battery capacity and 30 GWh of storage; the article notes this could be the world’s largest battery and that Form has an 80 GWh order backlog including projects tied to Crusoe and FuturEnergy Ireland.
• Aug 12, 2026

  Bloomberg NEF: Texas grid pause puts 20 percent of US data center pipeline at risk

  Texas Governor Greg Abbott has directed a comprehensive audit of all data center projects advancing through ERCOT’s interconnection process, following a pause on new data center grid interconnections. - The audit instructs the PUCT and ERCOT to assess whether data centers pay their own way, provide their own power or rely on the grid, bring their own water or reuse water, mitigate impacts on neighbors, and disclose ownership and controlling interests. - Bloomberg NEF says the pause could affect about 49.8 GW of projects, with potential financial impact of upwards of $8 billion by Q1 2027; ERCOT has more than 470 GW of interconnection requests, about 90% tied to data center load, and expects 8.25 GW of new data center capacity online by 2030. This article is commentary/analysis referencing Abbott’s earlier-month directive and related policy developments, not a first-time primary announcement from the named entities.

• Aug 12, 2026

  Beltline Energy withdraws data center proposal in Pacific, Missouri

  Beltline Energy has withdrawn its rezoning proposal for a data center site in Pacific, Missouri.

  • Mayor Debbie Kelley said the city received an email on Friday, August 7, 2026 withdrawing the rezoning application from BLE Landholdings, a Beltline Energy subsidiary.
  • The proposal reportedly covered a $16 billion project on a 500-acre property at Highway O and Pheland Road (684) plus the Alt Property on Denton Road; the city had passed a one-year data center moratorium two days earlier.
  • Opposition cited environmental concerns and a possible conflict of interest involving William McLaren and his role on the Franklin County Planning and Zoning Commission.
• Aug 7, 2026

  As Data Centers Chase Solar Direct, India's Hyperscaler Pipeline Is Quietly Filling Up

  The article argues that hyperscalers and data centers are increasingly driving renewable power contracts, using Google’s Oklahoma solar deal and related global transactions as examples, while highlighting a similar trend emerging in India.

  • Google and RWE signed a 15-year PPA for the full output of the planned 155 MW Crooked Creek Solar project in McCurtain County, Oklahoma; construction starts later this year and commercial operation is targeted for 2028.
  • The article also cites Vattenfall securing two Danish offshore wind projects totaling 1,800 MW and Sonnedix closing €730 million in financing for a 540 MW solar-plus-storage portfolio across France, Italy, Portugal and Spain; in India, it points to ACME Solar’s 25-year PPA with SECI for a 300 MW wind-solar hybrid project and says CleanMax’s data center client portfolio now accounts for 42% of its contracted capacity.
• Jul 28, 2026

  Core Scientific Doubles AI Capacity to 1.1 GW in $14B AMD Deal

  Core Scientific has announced a 15-year infrastructure agreement with AMD to expand its leased AI data center capacity to approximately 1.1 GW.

  • The agreement covers 530 MW across five campuses and represents more than $14 billion in potential base contracted revenue; it begins in 2027 and gives AMD exclusive rights to reserve up to an additional 2 GW of future capacity.
  • Core Scientific said the broader contracted AI portfolio now totals approximately 1.1 GW and more than $24 billion in potential contracted revenue; deliveries will begin at the Pecos, Texas campus in the first half of 2027, with development also advancing in Hunt, Texas; Muskogee, Oklahoma; Auburn, Alabama; and Dalton, Georgia through 2028.
• Jul 27, 2026 · Information Technology and Innovation Foundation

  Mobilizing for Techno-Economic War, Part 6: From Free Trade Agreements to Strategic Techno-Economic Agreements

  ITIF has published a policy report proposing Strategic Techno-Economic Agreements (STEAs) as a new framework for U.S.-led trade deals aimed at strengthening allied industries and constraining China.

  • The report argues that the free trade era is over and calls for binding, reciprocal agreements with allies that include zero-for-zero tariffs, digital trade rules, defense production cooperation, investment screening, export-control alignment, and counter-IP theft measures.
  • It also cites several recent or existing policy precedents and announcements, including USTR’s March 2026 Section 301 investigations, the U.S.-U.K. critical minerals MOU, and the Pax Silica initiative; the report itself is an original ITIF publication, not a news report of a single transaction.