Google Pryor Data Center Campus (Mayes County Expansion)

Timeline from the record

Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.

1. August 2025

   Operating
   New expansion announced as part of Google's $9B, two-year Oklahoma investment commitment. Source: Data Center Dynamics
2. January 2011

   Operating
   Campus opens in Mayes County after first announcement in 2007. Has undergone three expansions since opening. Source: Data Center Dynamics

Opposition and litigation at this site

Partly. Both documented support and documented opposition to Google Pryor Data Center Campus (Mayes County Expansion) in Pryor, Mayes County, Oklahoma appear in the record, with no clear majority position. Strong official support, Pryor Mayor Zac Doyle: Google has brought "hundreds of jobs, economic growth, and billions in investment" and supports local schools and nonprofits.

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: mixed reception means documented support and documented opposition both exist with no clear majority position on record.

Strong official support, Pryor Mayor Zac Doyle: Google has brought "hundreds of jobs, economic growth, and billions in investment" and supports local schools and nonprofits. Google reports more than 800 jobs created to date in Pryor and $4.4 billion invested in Mayes County to date (company-provided figures via The Frontier). Grassroots and state-level concerns are documented: local hiring practices, rising housing costs, and heavy water use (>1.1B gal/yr); the Oklahoma Water Resources Board warned (Oct 2025) that data centers "will contribute to the strain" on water supply. Subsidy scale also criticized: ~$239M ad valorem for this facility, plus $113.9M in income-tax credits Google has claimed statewide since 2017.

Source: Pryor Information Publication

Power and water

Google's second-largest data center campus in the world. Oklahoma wind generates ~42% of in-state electricity. New expansion announced as part of $9B Oklahoma investment (August 2025). Google has invested $5.7B+ in Oklahoma historically (prior to August 2025 $9B commitment).

Utility records (open-records request) show the Pryor center used more than 1.1 billion gallons Jul 2024-Jun 2025 (≈3.0 MGD, a floor) from the Neosho River via the state-owned MidAmerica Industrial Park; ~253M gallons were discharged back to the river, the remainder lost to evaporative cooling. Google was the park's second-largest water user that year.

Public money on the record

Notes on the record

Campus operational since 2011; Google's second-largest data center globally per Alphabet CIO Ruth Porat. Four expansions now underway. $5.7B+ invested historically in Oklahoma prior to August 2025 $9B commitment. Expansion capacity and MW not publicly specified. Coordinates are Pryor city center.

Other sites within 30 miles

Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.

• Northern Data North American Operational Center (Pryor), cancelled · Pryor · Northern Data AG2 mi · Cancelled
• Potentia Oklahoma Campus 02 (Inola) · Inola · Potentia, Inc.16 mi · Proposed · 2 GW · Mixed reception
• Project Mustang · Claremore · Beale Infrastructure17 mi · Proposed
• Project Clydesdale · Owasso · Beale Infrastructure29 mi · Under construction · Supported

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