By Burt Mummolo
Publication Date: 2026-01-21 03:50:00
SAND SPRINGS, (Okla.) — The cafeteria at Charles Page High School was packed. On the menu, a four-course meal of the benefits that having a data center would bring to the community.
“I really think that data centers are a golden ticket for communities across America,” said Kate Franko from Google. She said Project Spring would create about a thousand construction jobs at peak.
“If this project moves forward the city of Sand Springs, Osage County, Sand Springs public schools and Tulsa Tech will receive significant financial support to the tune of millions of dollars per year,” she said.
Money, said the school superintendent that would help with infrastructure.
“Bringing Google here will glean at least $1.1 million in our building fund every single year,” said Sherry Durkee.
Money, said the City Manager, that would give the city some flexibility.
“It would also let us do things that we could do that we want to do that the public has asked us to do like, a public swimming pool. We…
