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Number of public DC fast EV charging stations as of Sep. 2026 in Oklahoma. Source.

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Between 45% and 48% of rural Oklahomans have access to standard high-speed broadband according to Oklahoma State University researchers. The research findings are available here.

With 73% to 78% of the state's entire land area being rural, Oklahoma holds true potential to play a major role in utilizing rural ingenuity and acreage to further empower America and make our country more secure.

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America needs dispersed data centers, more power, more energy storage, and more EV charging stations on rural roadways between population centers.

Download the paper prepared by Farmed to learn about the feasibility of accomplishing this in a responsible way that does not encroach upon where Oklahomans live.

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Farmed is part of a coalition including the Rural National Defense Initiative, Gridvocate, and DC Frog (Data Center Frog) existing to advance new rural economic development in America.

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Oklahomans in communities throughout the state can take action by engaging their local governments to "build new infrastructure the right way" — away from communities and homes. Farmed is here to help.

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R.N.D.I. Partner Video

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Farmed Staff

Mar 3, 20251 min read

OK Data Centers and the Grid

Some data centers are building their own power plants. In Oklahoma, most want to plug into the grid.

Sourced News

Aug 61 min read

Rural, Tribal, and Urban Connections

ODOT launches Oklahoma Mobility Plan to guide future needs.

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Jul 151 min read

Oklahoma Transportation Infrastructure

Counties across Oklahoma to benefit from more than $950 million in road and bridge improvement plan.

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Jul 72 min read

Oklahoma BEAD Grant

NTIA Approves $574 million BEAD Grant Program for Oklahoma.

Sourced News

Apr 222 min read

Energy Infrastructure and the Defense Industrial Base

Can the energy infrastructure serving the U.S. defense industrial base sustain production under mobilization?

Sourced News

Mar 171 min read

'Data Center Alley' Raises Infrastructure Concerns

The concentration of more than 143 data centers in Virginia's Loudoun County is creating unprecedented demands on the nation's power grid and raising questions about infrastructure resilience.

Sourced News

Sep 16, 20251 min read

Securing the Backbone of Artificial Intelligence

The cybersecurity of AI data centers is becoming increasingly important.

Sourced News

Sep 4, 20251 min read

Water Infrastructure and Natural Disasters

[R]ural, low-income, and other vulnerable communities struggle to get access to [government] funding.

Sourced News

Aug 11, 20251 min read

Misplaced Data

Data center development has run amok. The area in Northern Virginia known as "Data Center Alley," for example, is the largest cluster of data centers in the world. That's a problem.

Farmed Staff

Jul 8, 20252 min read

DHS: AI in Critical Infrastructure

A set of recommendations for the safe and secure development and deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in critical infrastructure from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Sourced News

Nov 14, 20241 min read

Investing in Rural America

Read how the U.S. Department of Transportation implemented billions of dollars in 2004 to build rural infrastructure.

Sourced News

Jul 1, 20241 min read

Closing the Digital and Economic Divides in Rural America

America [still] has a rural broadband problem. Still relevant 8 years following this 2018 Brookings Institution report.

Sourced News

Aug 3, 20181 min read

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