Project Clydesdale, a 506-acre campus outside Tulsa, Oklahoma, has been approved by the county’s Board of Commissioners.

On Monday, the Board voted to approve and adopt ‘The Project Clydesdale Economic Development Project Plan’ and associated tax incentives. During the meeting, concerns were raised about the facility’s effect on electricity rates, water usage, potential environmental impacts, and labor arrangements.

The land rezoning application for the facility was first submitted in May of this year.

The data center will be located north of East 76th Street North, east of North Yale Avenue, south of East 86th Street North, and west of North Sheridan Road.

According to the development project plan, it will consist of at least one phase with three possible additional phases, with each phase covering approximately 200,000 sq ft (18,580 sqm) and funded by a private investment of at least $700 million.

Development will be undertaken by Quartz Mountain Properties LLC, a real estate developer. The end user is currently unknown, but has been described as an “unrelated third party and a leading data center operator acting through a subsidiary entity or other affiliate.”

The land is currently owned by Bird Creek Ranch Limited Partnership.

Historically, Oklahoma has not been a large data center market, but it is beginning to see some traction.

Last month, Google committed to invest $9bn to expand cloud and AI infrastructure in the state. Prior to that, Cerebras, Damac, and CoreWeave with Core Scientific also announced projects in the region. Meta is also rumored to be developing a 340-acre campus in the state.