Lambda will develop a new AI data center in Chouteau, Mayes County, Oklahoma, pledging roughly $500 million in tax payments to the state over the next ten years. The facility will sit inside the 9,000-acre MidAmerica Industrial Park, Oklahoma's largest industrial park, located 47 miles east of Tulsa.

The cloud provider and GPU operator confirmed the project this week, though it withheld full specifications for the planned site. Lambda said the facility will use a closed-loop cooling system designed to cut water consumption and will operate in a grid-reactive mode that lets it curtail certain computing loads during periods of peak electricity demand.

Who prepared the site?

Cloverleaf Infrastructure previously worked on preparing the site for development, partnering with the Grand River Dam Authority and MidAmerica Industrial Park. Cloverleaf will hand off project leadership to Lambda.

"Cloverleaf is proud that Grand River Dam Authority and MidAmerica Industrial Park selected us to help ready this site for future development," said Aaron Bilyeu, chief development officer at Cloverleaf Infrastructure. "We are confident in Lambda's ability to lead the project, and expect it to create significant construction jobs, generate long-term employment opportunities, and deliver meaningful tax revenue."

What did Lambda's executives say?

"Lambda is committed to being a good neighbor and long-term partner with the town of Chouteau and Mayes County," said Stephen Balaban, co-founder and CTO at Lambda. "We've been meeting with local leaders to understand their priorities and help shape our long-term investments in the community."

CEO Michel Combes framed the project as an exercise in community accountability. "When developed responsibly, data centers can create lasting economic opportunities and investments in the communities where they operate," Combes said. "Our responsibility is to ensure that this project delivers value to Mayes County while respecting the community's resources, infrastructure, and priorities."

How will the energy load be handled?

Lambda will cover the costs of any new infrastructure needed to power and run the facility, in compliance with Oklahoma's Data Center Customer Ratepayer Protection Act. The grid-reactive design lets the operator dial back computing workloads on demand to support the local utility.

What is Lambda's footprint?

Founded in 2012, Lambda operates 15 data centers across the US, offering GPU-based cloud compute. Microsoft and Anthropic are among its known customers. The company has set a target of gigawatts of compute capacity by 2030 and is preparing to go public via an IPO in the near future.

What did state officials say?

Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt endorsed the project in a written statement. "Oklahoma is leading the nation in building the modern economy, bringing major investments to our state and creating opportunities that will benefit our people for generations to come," Stitt said. "Lambda has committed to taking responsibility for the energy costs associated with its facility, ensuring those costs are not passed along to residential customers while generating hundreds of millions in tax revenue and economic growth right here in Oklahoma."

The MidAmerica Industrial Park sits south of Pryor on land the US Federal Government sold in 1960 as part of the former Oklahoma Ordnance Works munitions plant, transferred to the Oklahoma Ordnance Works Authority public trust. Google has operated a data center in the park since 2011 and has expanded that campus at regular intervals since.