Oklahoma faces mounting local resistance to hyperscale data centers driven by concerns over electricity demand, water consumption for cooling, and grid reliability amid the AI boom. Multiple cities including Oklahoma City and Edmond have enacted temporary moratoriums through year-end 2026 to study impacts and update zoning, while tribes such as the Cherokee, Seminole, and Muscogee have banned facilities on their lands, with the Osage Nation advancing oversight legislation for projects like Google’s Project Spring. Statewide, however, lawmakers passed the 2026 Ratepayer Protection Act and Groundwater Modernization Act to shift infrastructure costs to developers and restrict evaporative cooling, and officials continue courting projects such as Lambda’s planned Chouteau facility under these safeguards. Key near-term catalysts include tribal council votes, Piedmont’s delayed zoning decision, and potential extensions of city pauses.