Modern infrastructure, thoughtfully integrated into the community
The Piedmont Plains Technology Park is being designed with you and your neighbors in mind. Our goal is to bring long-term jobs, tax revenue, and infrastructure investment to the community while staying a quiet, low-profile presence in the background.
$13B
Capital Investment
8,700+
Construction Jobs
390+
Permanent Jobs
About Piedmont Plains Technology Park
The Piedmont Plains Technology Park will bring long-term economic benefits to the community by creating hundreds of high-skill technical and support jobs, thousands of construction jobs, and a stronger tax base to help fund local schools, fire and EMS, and county services. At the same time, it is being designed with the community in mind, featuring low daily traffic, strict noise controls, generous setbacks, and strong protections for drinking water and nearby natural areas. Ultimately, this campus is built to deliver real, lasting value to the City of Piedmont with as little disruption to daily life as possible.
Strong Employment Growth
Supports hundreds of high-paying, local technical jobs and thousands of construction jobs over multiple phases.
Supports Local Services and Schools
Grow the tax base that supports local schools, fire/EMS, county services, and local infrastructure.
Infrastructure Investment
Invest private dollars in utilities and infrastructure instead of placing those costs on existing residents.
Quiet Neighbor
Operate quietly in the background, with low daily traffic and strong protection for nearby homes, nature areas, and drinking water.
Partnership
With a $13B capital investment, our project represents the largest economic development project in the history of Piedmont.
Community Benefits
The Piedmont Plains Technology Park is designed to be a long-term anchor for The City of Piedmont and Kingfisher County's economy, creating good jobs and a stronger tax base with limited day-to-day impact on nearby neighborhoods.
- Approximately 8,700 construction jobs over multiple phases, supporting local contractors, trades, and suppliers.
- Around 390 permanent, high-paying technical and operations jobs, with average salaries more than twice the local average wage.
- Millions of dollars in annual payroll, helping support local businesses, restaurants, and services.
Strong Employment Growth
- Approximately 8,700 construction jobs over multiple phases, supporting local contractors, trades, and suppliers.
- Around 390 permanent, high-paying technical and operations jobs, with average salaries more than twice the local average wage.
- Millions of dollars in annual payroll, helping support local businesses, restaurants, and services.
Stronger funding for schools and services
- Data centers generate ongoing property taxes, sales/use taxes, utility franchise fees, and other public revenues.
- Under Oklahoma’s tax structure, a large share of property tax revenue goes directly to local school districts and colleges.
Taking pressure off existing taxpayers
- Data centers reliably expand the tax base and allow community development objectives to be achieved earlier than otherwise possible.
- The project is designed so that major infrastructure upgrades including power, water, and sewer are paid for by the project and its utility agreements, not by shifting costs onto existing households.
- A broader commercial tax base can help reduce pressure for future residential tax increases, while still funding the things residents value most: schools, public safety, and quality-of-life investments.
Environment & Water
People in Piedmont have made it clear that protecting wells and local wildlife is not negotiable. The City’s rules and this project’s design both start from that point.
Protecting drinking water and wells
- The project will not draw on private wells or local drinking water supplies for its cooling needs.
- For cooling operations, the project is evaluating the use of treated wastewater for cooling rather than potable drinking water. This approach helps avoid placing additional demand on water resources used by neighboring homes and farms.
- The project is being planned with attention to emerging Oklahoma groundwater policy, including Senate Bill 259, which would restrict groundwater use for open-air evaporative cooling at data centers and favor low-consumptive, recirculating cooling systems.
- Air-cooled Chillers (Closed Loop): Eliminates cooling tower water consumption entirely — requiring only minimal makeup water for the closed chilled water loop at commissioning.
- Direct to Chip Cooling (Liquid to Chip): Water circulates in a sealed, direct-to-chip system rather than through open evaporative towers. This eliminates continuous water loss through evaporation, reducing freshwater consumption by up to 70% compared to traditional cooling tower-based design
- Water and sewer connections are currently being coordinated with local providers as part of the site planning process.
- Potable water use will be limited to everyday building needs: restrooms, fire protection, landscaping, and office operations.
- If treated wastewater is used for cooling, it would be coordinated with the City of Piedmont and Oklahoma City.
Maintaining a green campus that aligns with the community
- At least 25% of the site will remain as open space to include woodlands, meadows, stream buffers, trails, and landscaped buffers.
- The campus layout keeps the most intensive activity in the interior, preserving natural edges and room for wildlife movement around the perimeter.
- Lighting and fencing standards are written to reduce glare, protect night skies, and allow wildlife to maintain movement patterns.
- Generators and cooling equipment are turned inward, away from property lines and streets.
- Land disturbance permits and SWPPP requirements protect soil, waterways, and ecosystems during construction and operations.
- Air emissions from generators are regulated through rigorous state and federal air-quality permitting programs.
- Established environmental regulations govern water discharge, stormwater management, and hazardous materials handling.
For neighbors
Built-in protections for the surrounding community
How the City put guardrails in place for residents
This project is currently in the community input and regulatory review process. The details described on this site reflect current design intentions and proposed standards. Final terms will be established through the City's planning and approval process.
Projects of this scale operate under multiple layers of regulatory oversight, including local zoning review, state environmental permitting, federal regulatory requirements, and utility infrastructure planning. In the City of Piedmont, the new Industrial Technology (IT) Zoning District and Planned Unit Development Master Design Guidelines establish comprehensive local standards for site placement, setbacks, infrastructure coordination, and operational impacts.
Developed in direct response to community feedback, these measures establish one of the region’s most comprehensive local data center frameworks—designed to protect nearby residents and sensitive areas while enabling thoughtfully planned projects that deliver long-term community benefits.
- Big buffers and setbacks between data centers, homes, parks, and nature areas.
- Strict limits on noise at the property line and required sound studies.
- Protections for drinking water and strict adherence to City of Piedmont utilities requirements for cooling use.
- Required open space, landscaping, and wildlife-friendly design.
- Utility rules that make sure the data center pays its fair share.
- The Data Center operator will appoint a governmental liaison with the City of Piedmont that will engage with local officials on a regular basis to ensure all local, state and federal ordinances are adhered to.
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Necessary Infrastructure for the Future
The responsible development of data centers is both a local opportunity and a national priority. Communities that plan them carefully can capture billions in private investment, strengthen school and county revenues, and bring modern utility infrastructure, while keeping day-to-day impacts low for nearby residents.
Data centers are an integral part of everyday life, even if you never see them. They quietly power the apps, services, and systems your family already uses, and are critically important for essential services like hospitals and emergency response.
Everyday Uses
- Texting and email
- Social media apps
- Streaming movies and TV
- Streaming music and podcasts
- Online gaming
- Online shopping
- Food delivery apps
- Online banking and bill pay
- Credit/debit card transactions
- Cloud photo backup
- Cloud document storage/sharing
Educational & Workforce
- School homework portals
- Classroom apps and learning platforms (LMS)
- Online testing and grading systems
- Video meetings for work
- Shared online work documents
- Cloud file storage for classes and teams
- Remote work collaboration tools
- Email and messaging for teachers and teams
- School and university online portals
- Career training and certification platforms
Essential Services
- Hospital systems and medical records
- Medical imaging and lab systems
- 911 dispatch and emergency communications
- Police, fire, and EMS information systems
- Utility monitoring (power grid, water systems)
- Transportation and traffic management systems
- Government records and online services
- Disaster recovery and backup systems
- Voting and election-related information systems
Power and The Community
Large power users such as data centers are typically served under specialized utility arrangements that are closely overseen by state regulators. These arrangements ensure that the data center pays its fair share of the costs to build and maintain the electrical infrastructure it needs, rather than shifting those expenses onto existing households and small businesses.
For the Piedmont Plains Technology Park, that means:
Sound
What you should expect at the property line
The proposed Piedmont Plains Technology Park is a multi-building data center campus, providing ample space to thoughtfully manage and reduce noise. The facilities are designed as secure, inward-oriented campuses, with generators, cooling equipment, and loading areas placed toward the interior of the site rather than along property boundaries.
This large site allows for substantial setbacks from neighboring properties, internalized infrastructure, and landscaped buffers that preserve existing wooded areas. A core promise of the project is that it will operate quietly in the background, and both the City’s regulations and the site’s design are focused on making the data center a low-sound, low-profile neighbor.
What the rules require
- Near homes, parks, and key natural areas, the facility is required to adhere to strict noise requirements.
- Everywhere else, noise is capped at a modest increase over what’s there today.
- Independent engineers must model noise before approval and test it again once each phase is running. If readings ever exceed the limits, the operator has to fix it.
For neighbors
Built-in protections for the surrounding community
Tree buffers and setbacks keep the campus a quiet, low-profile presence in the background
Land Use Comparison
How data center campuses compare to alternative development options
Comparative Analysis of Land Use Types
| Category | DATA CENTER | Warehouse | Retail | Residential |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily Traffic | Low | High | High | Moderate |
| Truck Traffic | Very limited | Frequent | Regular deliveries | Very limited |
| Permanent Jobs | Moderate, highly skilled | Moderate, logistics-focused | Higher count, service-oriented | None |
| Average Wages | High | Moderate | Lower to moderate | N/A |
| Public Service Demand | Low | Moderate | Higher | Higher (schools, local services) |
| Tax Revenue Stability | Very stable, long-term | Moderate | Market-dependent | Stable but service-intensive |
| Land Use Intensity | Moderate size buildings, low activity | Large buildings, high activity | Smaller buildings, high activity | Smaller buildings, continuous activity |
Data center campuses offer significant advantages in traffic, wages, and tax revenue stability
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Frequently Asked Questions
We’ve heard the questions our neighbors are asking. Here are straightforward answers.
About the Project
A data center is a secure facility that houses computer servers and networking equipment used to store and process digital information. These facilities support many services people rely on daily, including email, banking, healthcare systems, social media, streaming, and other online communications.
Financial Impact
Infrastructure & Environment
Quality of Life
A data center is a secure facility that houses computer servers and networking equipment used to store and process digital information. These facilities support many services people rely on daily, including email, banking, healthcare systems, social media, streaming, and other online communications.
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