OKLAHOMA CITY (OBV) — OG&E announced Thursday it has reached electric service agreements to power three new Google data centers in Muskogee and Stillwater.
The data centers were announced by Google last year. OG&E said the new agreements are designed to support economic growth while protecting existing customers from costs tied to the large new electric loads.
Under the agreement, Google will pay 100% of the costs to connect the data center sites to the grid, as well as all contracted costs regardless of the company’s energy use. Google will also pay its share of power generation required to serve the facilities, according to OG&E.
“OG&E is pleased to support Google and together advance growth in our home state, ensuring our current customers benefit from data center expansion that meets the technology needs of the 21st century economy at some of the lowest rates in the country,” said Sean Trauschke, chairman, president and CEO of OGE Energy Corp.
Trauschke said the agreement could serve as a model for future data center partnerships and would form the basis for a new large-load tariff OG&E plans to submit in the coming weeks.
Google said the agreement reflects its commitment to affordability and infrastructure investment in the communities where it operates.
“Energy innovation and ratepayer protection go hand in hand in the communities where we operate data centers across Oklahoma and around the world,” said Will Conkling, director of energy and power, Americas, at Google.
As part of the agreement, Google will make power generation capacity available from two solar facilities currently under construction.
Gov. Kevin Stitt said Oklahoma’s energy supply positions the state to attract long-term investment while keeping energy costs low for families and businesses.
The Electric Service Agreements and Capacity Purchase Agreements will be filed with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission for review. The OCC must approve the agreement before OG&E supplies power to the data center sites.
