Data center profile · Perkins Road and Richmond Road, north edge of Stillwater, Payne County, Oklahoma

Google Stillwater

Google's campus of up to six phases on about 387 acres in Stillwater, Oklahoma, under construction on 25-year tax exemption; OG&E contracts await state approval.

Under construction. Phase 1 construction began in late 2025, per a state extension case study, with operation expected in 2027. OG&E's power contracts for this and two Muskogee campuses await a final state order, and no MW figure has been disclosed.
387 acres
total site (OSU Extension)
other sources give 350 to 400 acres
Up to 6
phases, each at least $500M
city project plan
300,000 sq ft
data center per phase (company estimate)
in the tax incentive agreement
25 years
100% property tax exemption on new investment
Ordinance 3546, Jan. 2025
OperatorGoogle, through Kipper LLC (incentives) and Alliance Site & Grid, LLC (power contracts)
CustomerGoogle (own use)
First building in serviceOur estimate: 2029 or later (no dated power path yet).
Next deadline2027: Phase 1 expected to begin operating (OSU Extension case study)
Power

Power and the grid

Contracted, size not disclosed

Sources on record, size not disclosed

Getting on the grid

Who supplies what, what it costs, and what is still not public.

  1. Nov. 5, 2024
    Voters approve OG&E franchise
    Because Stillwater's city utility serves the town, voters had to approve a franchise for OG&E to serve the data-center sites. see Permits
  2. April 30, 2026
    OG&E contracts announced
    OG&E announces service and capacity agreements to power three Google data centers in Stillwater and Muskogee. Company · April 2026
  3. Sept. 2026
    Judge recommends approval
    An administrative law judge recommends approving the joint stipulation in Case 2026-000031; no final Commission order yet. News report · Aug. 2026
Permits

Permits checklist

1 pending · 2 granted · 1 checked, nothing on file

Approvals on record.

Risks

What could slow it down

Lawsuits

1 case on record

Money

Money on record

$500M+
private investment per phase
up to six phases (city plan) Local government · Jan. 2025
100% / 25 yrs
property tax exemption on qualifying new investment
with payments in lieu for community betterment Local government · Jan. 2025
$867,000
phase one payment in lieu of taxes (press)
community betterment News report · Jan. 2025
Timeline

What happened, and what is due

SitePaper trailConstructionPowerPermitsMoneyLegalUpcoming
  1. July 16, 2024
    Permits Planning Commission recommends the project plan Local government · July 2024
  2. Nov. 5, 2024
    Power Voters approve an OG&E franchise so the utility can serve the data-center sites Dataset · Nov. 2024
  3. Jan. 13, 2025
    Money City adopts the project plan and a 25-year tax exemption with Kipper LLC Local government · Jan. 2025
  4. March 13, 2025
    Site Google is revealed as the buyer of the land at Perkins and Richmond roads Local government · March 2025
  5. Aug. 22, 2025
    Legal Homeowners sue, alleging construction runoff polluted their pond (allegation) News report · Aug. 2025
  6. Nov. 20, 2025
    Construction Port of Muskogee release describes the Stillwater facility as under construction Local government · Nov. 2025
  7. April 30, 2026
    Power OG&E announces contracts to power three Google data centers, including Stillwater Company · April 2026
  8. Sept. 2026
    Power State judge recommends approving the OG&E-Google agreements; final order pending News report · Aug. 2026
  9. 2027
    Construction Phase 1 expected to begin operating Dataset · Aug. 2026
Construction activity

Building activity by quarter

Since Aug. 2026: 3 FAA filings (Aug. 2026 to Oct. 2026): tallest permanent structure 70 ft (filed Oct. 2026) and tallest crane 235 ft (Oct. 2026).

FAA filings
’26
Dot size: records in the quarter, largest = 2. Two-digit years mark each first quarter.
The buildings

Specs

5-6M gal/day water use estimated by the state water board's rights chief (estimate). News report · Sept. 2026

Who is involved

Owners, partners and builders

Owners
  • Google: owner and user
  • Kipper LLC and Alliance Site & Grid, LLC: Google subsidiaries
Decision-makers
  • Stillwater City Council and Planning Commission
  • Oklahoma Corporation Commission: power contracts
Power partners
  • OG&E (Oklahoma Gas & Electric): serving utility
Builders
  • Manhattan Construction Group, Olsson Inc. and Emery Sapp & Sons (named in the runoff suit)
Opponents
  • Park View Estates Homeowners Association
Still unknown

Open questions

Where this comes from

50 records from 19 documents

Drawn from news reports, local government records, company statements, public and commercial datasets and state agency records, each kept with its date and source. The bar shows documents by type.

News report 11Local government 3Company 2Dataset 2State agency 1
Evidence

Every quote behind this page

Grade key: A = the primary record itself (permit, filing, exhibit) · B = a dated official statement · C = news reporting. Map distances are our own measurements on OpenStreetMap and carry no grade. Allegations in lawsuits are marked as such in the quotes.

Power (5)
  • Project identity: Google Stillwater Campus - north edge of Stillwater, south of E. Richmond Road, north of E. Airport Road, east of N. Perkins Road, on former State (Commissioners of the Land Office) land north of the fo
    “by Ordinance No. 3546, adopted on January 13, 2025 (the "Project Plan Ordinance"), the City approved the Stillwater Data Center Economic Development Project Plan”
    Local government · Jan. 2025 · grade A
  • Utility: Oklahoma Gas & Electric (OG&E) under the ESAs now in OCC Case 2026-000031; OG&E states the Google agreement is the model for a new large-load tariff it will submit to the Commission
    “This unique agreement is a model for future data center partnerships and forms the basis for a new large-load tariff that OG&E will submit in the coming weeks”
    Company · April 2026 · grade B
  • Utility: OG&E serves the campus (a Nov 5, 2024 voter-approved OG&E franchise was required because Stillwater Electric Utility serves the city); wholesale/municipal utility is NOT the campus provider
    “Stillwater Electric Utility serves the city. For OG&E to serve the proposed data center sites, the city required voter approval.”
    Dataset · Nov. 2024 · grade B
  • Google will provide generation to serve the data centers from two solar arrays currently under construction (as stated in the OCC review coverage); the arrays are Google-procured supply into the OG&E arrangement, not an
    “The tech company also indicated it will provide power generation to serve the data centers from two solar arrays currently under construction.”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • OG&E filed for OCC pre-approval in May 2026 of three executed Electric Service Agreements with Google subsidiary Alliance Site & Grid, LLC (Stillwater plus two Muskogee sites); ALJ recommended approval of a joint stipula
    “When OGE filed the application for pre-approval in May 2026, it stated it had executed three Electric Service Agreements with Alliance Site & Grid, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Google”
    News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
Money and contracts (9)
  • County code: 40119
    “A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN OKLAHOMA LOCAL DEVELOPMENT ACT TAX INCENTIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF STILLWATER, THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF PAYNE COUNTY”
    Local government · Jan. 2025 · grade A
  • tax incentive agreement: ad valorem exemption 100 percent
    “The Project Plan and the Agreement provide for a one hundred percent (100%), twenty-five (25) year ad valorem tax exemption on property value attributable to qualifying new investment”
    Local government · Jan. 2025 · grade A
  • tax incentive agreement: minimum phase investment 500000000 USD
    “each Phase of the Project estimated to consist of at least five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000) in private investment by the Company.”
    Local government · Jan. 2025 · grade A
  • Tax incentive agreement scope: up to six phases (one per incentive district), each phase estimated at least $500 million in private investment, each with an approximately 300,000 sq ft data center
    “The Project will consist of up to six (6) Phases corresponding to the six (6) Incentive Districts, with each Phase of the Project estimated to consist of at least five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000) in private investment”
    Local government · Jan. 2025 · grade A
  • Project status: UNDER CONSTRUCTION - Phase 1 construction started late 2025, operational 2027 expected; City has authorised Phases 1-2 of up to six; OG&E electric service agreements announced Apr 30, 2026 with OCC filing
    “Construction start "Late 2025 (Phase 1)"; Operational "2027 (Phase 1)"”
    Dataset · Aug. 2026 · grade B
  • electric service agreement: service terms
    “Google is committing to 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.”
    Company · April 2026 · grade B
  • Electric service agreements (announced terms): cost responsibility (announced terms)
    “Under this agreement, Google is committing to 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.”
    Company · April 2026 · grade B
  • tax incentive agreement: pilot community betterment 867000 USD
    “Stillwater is looking to receive PILOTs (payment in lieu of taxes) for "community betterment" alongside each phase of development - phase one would see a PILOT of $867,000.”
    News report · Jan. 2025 · grade C
  • Phase building size: 300000 sq ft
    “each phase will include a data center comprised of approximately 300,000 square feet (28,870 sqm).”
    News report · 2025 · grade C
Permits and government (14)
  • City of Stillwater Council:
    “by Ordinance No. 3546, adopted on January 13, 2025 (the "Project Plan Ordinance"), the City approved the Stillwater Data Center Economic Development Project Plan”
    Local government · Jan. 2025 · grade A
  • Tallest structure filed with the FAA (ft): 70 ft
    “ASN 2026-ASW-17257-OE: Building, Building, 70 ft AGL, 1040 ft AMSL, 36.17061,-97.03959, Studying, submitted 2026-10-19”
    FAA · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • OE/AAA case for 235-ft cranes filed as 'SWR1A Cranes' at (36.17061,-97.03959), 0: Studying
    “ASN 2026-ASW-17133-OE: SWR1A Cranes, Mobile Crane, 235 ft AGL, 1205 ft AMSL, 36.17061,-97.03959, Studying, submitted 2026-10-19”
    FAA · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • OE/AAA case for a 70-ft structure filed as 'Building' at (36.17061,-97.03959), t: Studying
    “ASN 2026-ASW-17257-OE: Building, Building, 70 ft AGL, 1040 ft AMSL, 36.17061,-97.03959, Studying, submitted 2026-10-19”
    FAA · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • OE/AAA case for a 226-ft mobile crane filed as 'Project Rohan SWR2A' at (36.1660: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2026-ASW-12806-OE: Project Rohan SWR2A, Mobile Crane, 226 ft AGL, 1200 ft AMSL, 36.16609,-97.03973, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2026-08-10”
    FAA · Aug. 2026 · grade B
  • FAA OE/AAA records construction filings at the Stillwater campus under its code name: a 'Project Rohan SWR2A' crane (ASN 2026-ASW-12806-OE, submitted Aug. 10, 2026) and an SWR1A crane + building pair (ASNs 2026-ASW-17133-OE
    “ASN 2026-ASW-12806-OE: Project Rohan SWR2A, Mobile Crane, 226 ft AGL, 1200 ft AMSL, 36.16609,-97.03973, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2026-08-10”
    FAA · Aug. 2026 · grade B
  • OG&E announced the agreements will be filed for OCC review 'in the coming days' : Electric Service Agreements / Capacity Purchase Agreements - filing announced, OCC approval required
    “The Electric Service Agreements and Capacity Purchase Agreements will be filed for review with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission in the coming days.”
    Company · April 2026 · grade B
  • City of Stillwater voters:
    “For OG&E to serve the proposed data center sites, the city required voter approval.”
    Dataset · Nov. 2024 · grade B
  • Stillwater Planning Commission:
    “Planning Commission recommended approval 2024-07-16, Resolution PC-2024-1”
    Local government · July 2024 · grade B
  • Oklahoma Water Resources Board Water Rights chief Chris Neel estimated the Stillwater data center's water use at 5 million to 6 million gallons per day (testimony reported Sep 2026); estimate only, not a permit figure
    “Google's data center in Stillwater is estimated to use 5 million to 6 million gallons per day, Neel said”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • Month precision (hearing reported Sep 2026). The ESA filings are largely confide: Review of OG&E Electric Service Agreements to power three Google data centers (two in Muskogee County + Stillwater); administrative law ju
    “The case, 2026-000031, involves a landmark contract for which OG&E will power three new Google data centers in Muskogee and Stillwater.”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • Oklahoma Water Resources Board estimate (Chris Neel, Sept 2026): the Stillwater campus is estimated to use 5-6 million gallons per day; a separate county-commissioner-attributed report cites ~3 billion gallons/year for s
    “Google's data center in Stillwater is estimated to use 5 million to 6 million gallons per day, Neel said.”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • Source record
    “The materials distributed at the meeting unveiled an internal code name for the data centers, aptly named Project Rohan”
    News report · Sept. 2025 · grade C
  • No lawsuit located; opposition is hearing testimony over Phase 2+ transmission lines and water; residents voted only on OG&E service, not on the project itself (mayoral clarification)
    “They thought it was school land so they thought it would always be the same, which I understand.”
    News report · 2025 · grade C
Legal (1)
  • Park View Estates Homeowners Association sued Google/Kipper LLC, Manhattan Construction Group, Olsson Inc. and Emery Sapp & Sons in Payne County District Court, alleging construction stormwater runoff from mass grading p
    “A group of Stillwater homeowners is suing Google over claims that construction of the new data center created stormwater runoff that polluted its pond”
    News report · Aug. 2025 · grade C
Site and other (3)
  • Site acreage: 387 acres
    “Site "387 acres total"”
    Dataset · Aug. 2026 · grade B
  • Project status: under construction
    “Google has proudly called Oklahoma home for nearly two decades, with its data center campus in Pryor and new facility under construction in Stillwater”
    Local government · Nov. 2025 · grade B
  • Developer: Google (Alphabet), acting through Kipper LLC
    “Google acquired the land at the intersection of Perkins and Richmond Road. The company will build a data center campus on the land.”
    News report · March 2025 · grade C