On the western edge of Oklahoma City, just south of Route 66 and the city limits of Yukon, Pencia Truhan built the retirement she had always dreamed of. Her five-acre property is home to rescue horses, chickens and, most recently, a pig, surrounded by a spring-fed pond, scattered homes and open farmland.
But part of that rural landscape may soon give way to a $15 billion data center campus by Beltline Energy, less than half a mile away from her property — a project she believes will upend her life.
Truhan’s concerns are shared by many other rural Oklahomans facing similar proposals, ranging from noise and declining property values to rising electricity bills and the loss of farmland. But their biggest frustration is the frequent lack of transparency by developers and local government officials, particularly regarding water use…