Bill > HB3394

This bill, known as the Oklahoma Hyperscale Data Center Directory Act, establishes a new directory managed by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) to track large-scale data centers, defined as facilities over 50,000 square feet with significant annual electricity usage (at least 10,000 megawatt-hours, or MWh). The OCC will collect and annually publish on its website information about these data centers, including their location, annual electricity usage (measured in MWh), peak electrical load (measured in megawatts, MW), annual water usage (measured in gallons), and the source of their water. Electrical utilities and water providers serving these data centers are required to report this usage data to the OCC by April 1st each year, and the OCC can request verification of these reports. While non-confidential aggregated and facility-level data will be publicly available, the OCC is mandated to protect proprietary and critical infrastructure information, such as specific addresses if they pose security risks. The OCC is granted the authority to create rules and enforce this act, with penalties for noncompliance, and the act will become effective on November 1, 2026.