A group of concerned Tulsa neighbors met yesterday at Pancho Anaya to discuss Project Anthem, a massive proposed AI data center campus in far east Tulsa near East 11th Street and the Creek Turnpike. City planning records describe Project Anthem as a roughly 340 acre project tied to Atmoss, LLC, with about $800 million in private investment behind it. What is being sold as progress is really a giant industrial data operation that would consume huge amounts of Tulsa’s land, water, and power.
As a Tulsan, you should be alarmed. Project Anthem has been projected to use up to 1 billion gallons of water per year. City records also show the developer asked to increase wastewater discharge tied to cooling operations from 0.5 million gallons per day to 0.95 million gallons per day.
At the same time, Oklahoma utility regulators and reporting on PSO and other providers have raised the danger that the cost of serving massive new data center demand could land on ordinary customers through higher electric bills. That means residents could end up paying more each month so private AI companies can drain water, strain the grid, and reshape the landscape for a project that brings relatively few permanent jobs.
People who want to fight back should show up to the next Tulsa Planning Commission meeting on Tuesday, March 18, 2026, at 1 p.m. in the Council Chamber on the second floor of Tulsa City Hall, 175 E. 2nd St. The proposed moratorium on new data center permits is on the agenda again, and this is the moment for the public to speak clearly.
Tulsa does not want AI data centers. Tulsa must say NO to Project Anthem.
