Coweta is weighing a 400 MW data center that would be a major load on the local grid but is pitched as already covered by PSO studies and funded utility upgrades from Beale.
The site is designed as air‑cooled with a closed loop, claiming only 15,000–20,000 gallons per day and minimal environmental risk from additives like propylene glycol.
Noise is a core community concern, and Beale is promising 55 dB normal / 65 dB peak at the property line, more like an office park than an industrial plant.
Financially, Beale is offering franchise fees tied to power use, upfront water and park investments, and long‑term PILOT-style payments totaling ~$189 million over 25 years to schools, the city, and the county.
The project will likely be a large AI or cloud data center footprint, but the exact tax incentive package and final binding agreement with the city are still not public.
Beale is leaning hard on local jobs, training programs, and STEM/trades partnerships to secure political cover for a massive, long-lived digital infrastructure asset.
For AI infra watchers, this is a clean example of how 400 MW-class builds are being socially engineered and financed at the city level, worth a full read for the playbook detail.
Source: On eve of hearing, more details emerge on Coweta data center proposal | Broken Arrow Sentinel
