The disclosure and our analysis
Evidence dates
Evidence: City of Oklahoma City Council Journal of Proceedings for October 27, 2026; amended master design statements for PUD-2105 and PUD-2124 dated August 25, 2026 and stamped for the October 27, 2026 meeting; Planning Commission minutes for January 15, 2026. Read October 31, 2026.
What the council did
1. **Votes:** The council approved amendments to each master design statement 8 to 1, then adopted the rezoning ordinances without emergency, Ordinance 28,171 (PUD-2105) and Ordinance 28,172 (PUD-2124), each 6 to 3. Both were approved subject to the Summary of Technical Evaluation as amended. The journal notes for each that an easement was requested but not received. [Source 1]
2. **History:** The Planning Commission recommended approval of PUD-2105 on January 15, 2026, and the journal records Planning Commission recommendations of approval for both items. The council had deferred the items repeatedly between March 10 and September 29, 2026. [Source 1] [Source 4]
3. **Use:** The PUDs change the base zoning from AA Agricultural and PUD-1637 to permit data center development, defined to include computer systems, cooling, power systems, electrical substations, battery energy storage and backup generation. [Source 2]
Conditions in the design statements
1. **Water:** No private groundwater wells. Combined potable water use for domestic, irrigation, fire protection and limited cooling may not exceed 75,000 gallons per day unless the Director of Utilities approves more in writing. Evaporative cooling is allowed only with treated wastewater from the city's water utility; closed-loop and liquid to chip cooling are allowed. [Source 2] [Source 3]
2. **Power and occupancy:** Before any certificate of occupancy for each building or phase, the applicant must show a final, executed electric service instrument approved by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, with terms that do not shift incremental project costs to other Oklahoma City customers and an initial term of at least 10 years. On-site generation is limited to solar and what the design statement expressly permits. [Source 2]
3. **Noise:** Sound may not exceed 55 dBA at the property perimeter or 65 dBC from the development, with a separate rule where ambient sound is already at or above 65 dBC. Generator testing is limited to 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays except in emergencies. [Source 2]
4. **Community benefits agreement:** Before a building permit, a legally binding community benefits agreement must be executed by the city, the applicant and the project's end user or operator, covering fiscal, infrastructure, natural resource, neighborhood and workforce topics. [Source 2]
5. **Other:** Maximum building height of 80 feet, 150 foot setbacks on the east, west and south boundaries of the Frisco Road parcel, a decommissioning plan before occupancy, and city sales tax and franchise fee obligations on energy purchases unless otherwise agreed. [Source 2]
Status
On our status vocabulary, as of October 27, 2026: Approved, for rezoning of both parcels to data center PUDs, subject to the technical evaluation as amended. Building permits still require an executed community benefits agreement, and occupancy requires an approved electric service contract. The reviewed documents do not establish construction, energization or capacity Available to tenants.
Buyer analysis
This is our analysis, not the city's. The design statements give no megawatt figure and no building count, so the approval says nothing yet about how much IT load could arrive or when. What it does show is the template Oklahoma City is using: a hard potable water cap, treated wastewater for evaporative cooling, a long term utility contract before occupancy, and an end user signature on a benefits agreement before permits.
That last condition matters for buyers. It means the operator or end user has to be identified, and has to sign, before a building permit is issued. Anyone evaluating capacity here should ask who that party is, what electric service terms are in negotiation with the utility, and which cooling design fits within the water rules.
