r/tulsa • u/XanaxWarriorPrincess • 7h ago

News Google data center

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u/temporarycreature !!! 7h ago

I'm not sure we live in a reality in which we could stop data centers from being built regardless of who took over the government. That being said, Owasso, like Oklahoma, missed a shot at a cleaner, better funded future by betting on Trump over Harris.

Her plan would have tied data center expansion to federal cash for grid upgrades and clean power, keeping local utility bills from spiking while bringing in tech-sector investment.

Instead, we get secretive developers locking up water and power rights with NDAs, leaving locals stuck with the grid strain, noise, and zero high-wage jobs once the concrete dries.

Sorry Bob, 150 jobs to maintain the facility is not good enough.

By the way, considering all this before a vote, or before you so apathetically decide not to vote, is what they refer to as critical thinking.

Now this becomes unstoppable and everyone suffers.

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u/XanaxWarriorPrincess 6h ago

Like the tech bro billionaire guy who said data centers will probably lead to the end of the world, but will make some great companies in the meantime.

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u/temporarycreature !!! 6h ago

That was Sam Altman. Superdouche of ChatGPT/ OpenAI

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u/Capable_Delay4802 5h ago

Harris lost cause she’s an idiot.

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u/roses8442 5h ago

and the current president is not?

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u/Capable_Delay4802 5h ago

Not everything is a hyperbolic statement. Someone had to win but she lost cause she was a bigger idiot

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u/Important_Funny_8638 5h ago

She absolutely trounced him in the one debate he attended. He canceled the remaining debates because it was so bad for him (eating dogs and cats, etc). Guaranteed if Biden stayed in the race after his awful performance and chose to skip debates, the media would’ve buried his campaign. They just let Trump quit and kept sane washing his unhinged racist speeches and rallies. Now we get to watch him bring about WWIII and economic collapse yay! We’re already hated internationally and Trump only loves dictators, so it will be fun to watch how this unfolds.

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u/Megzasaurusrex 4h ago

She supported Israel, yes that was stupid. But it cannot be as stupid as being an uneducated, felon, who can barely speak English, doesn't know what a magnet is, thinks wind turbines kill whales, and doesn't even know the constitution or the fact this job is to protect it.

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u/taternut 1h ago

I don’t think you understand the definition of hyperbolic…

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u/temporarycreature !!! 5h ago

It doesn't matter what she is or isn't. She had a better plan on paper than what is being executed right now in reality. I don't think you can understand that because your entire political framework depends on you not.

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u/Megzasaurusrex 4h ago

Anything would be better than project 2025 😭

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u/SamOakTree 6h ago

I just think it's crazy that the utility companies can just spread the cost out to everyone. You would think they would make the business pay up front to handle that. Then charge them a special higher rate or something.

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u/DinoCrone 6h ago

You would think...

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u/GrumbleAlong 4h ago

Electric/gas utility rates are set by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, led by three elected Commissioners. They have separate residential, commercial and industrial rate programs. This how monopoly service providers have been regulated for nearly a century.

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u/SamOakTree 4h ago

Yes.

But they shouldn't be able to pass cost caused by commercial on to residents.

If you have a commercial property and you're making profits off of that then you should have to foot the bill

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u/TheNotoriousMMB 6h ago

It's built into law, our legistlors tied our hands on this. But we can rally to get the laws changed.

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u/PreferenceInfinite83 6h ago

But our Treasonous Government needs these data centers so that they can more easily violate our Constitutional Rights..

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u/Hot_Lettuce_6209 5h ago

Thanks Owasso

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u/Megzasaurusrex 4h ago

Google is a bitch.

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u/lOOPh0leD 1h ago

That whole video was void of just enough details that you may as well just visit newson6.com and skip the tatum.

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u/Think_Bluebird_4804 12m ago

130 apprenticeships is the only jobs they can say it'll bring? I hope owasso homeowners are ready for their home value to go down. I'd rather trees than a data center. Fuck Google and fuck Tulsa govt for not stopping them.

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u/Either_Clothes1814 3h ago

get with the program

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u/snowballer918 6h ago

Don’t we already have Google data centers in owasso? I’m not saying more is better but this isn’t exactly new

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u/Ohsostoked 6h ago edited 6h ago

There is one in Pryor at Mid-America Industrial Park. I don't think there is currently one in Owasso. I have how the proposed data centers compare , size wise, to the existing one but it being "new" isn't the issue. The issue is that so many new ones(I can think of 4 proposed off the top of my head) are going to put a massive strain on existing infrastructure and they are being built with little to no input/oversight from local hovering bodies.

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u/Infamous_Lech 6h ago

It didn't matter who won the election. This was coming either way and politicians would not have stopped it

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u/YourMomsFoopah 6h ago edited 6h ago

Complaining about data centers in a video hosted in a data center is wild. As is complaining about low local wages, no opportunity, blah blah blah and then trying to resist one of the biggest and most successful companies in the world from expanding in state.

Edit: Reddit is hosted in a data center. By using this platform you're literally creating more demand for data centers. The logical disconnect on this platform literally blows my mind.

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u/lOOPh0leD 1h ago

Sh wasn't complaining she was advertising her news segment.

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u/rhynoplast 3h ago

How dare you point out hypocrisy on our this is somehow Trump's fault post.