Amid the farm fields of northwest Oklahoma City, a place where high-voltage power lines converge has attracted interest from two data center developers, each seeking to build at the western terminus of a new $72 million transmission project.
The Mathewson Substation, a nondescript complex of power lines and equipment on NW 248th Street near Piedmont in southeastern Kingfisher County, has become a highly sought-after location to tap into Oklahoma’s power grid.
“That’s one of the strongest points on the electrical grid in the state of Oklahoma,” said Aaron Bilyeu, chief development officer with Houston-based Cloverleaf Infrastructure, one of the companies seeking to build a large-scale data center for artificial intelligence in Piedmont…