{"id":753895,"date":"2025-12-17T10:21:43","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T16:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/?p=753895"},"modified":"2025-12-17T10:23:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T16:23:23","slug":"long-story-short-state-delays-push-data-center-developers-to-private-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/2025\/12\/17\/long-story-short-state-delays-push-data-center-developers-to-private-land\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Story Short: State Delays Push Data Center Developers to Private Land"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/soundcloud%253Atracks%253A2231365172&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=true&#038;visual=true\"><\/iframe><div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/oklahoma-watch\" title=\"Oklahoma Watch\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">Oklahoma Watch<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/oklahoma-watch\/state-delays-push-data-center-developers-to-private-land\" title=\"State Delays Push Data Center Developers to Private Land\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">State Delays Push Data Center Developers to Private Land<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Paul Monies looked into delays by the Commissioners of the Land Office that led to the state missing out on revenue from a data center on school lands. 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