The state’s Oklahoma Innovation Expansion Program this year distributed grants of up to $150,000, with a total of over $15 million to companies in 61 communities across the state.

Google quickly raised its stake in the company, while Google-backed Fluidstack said it will expand a data center campus.

Using less electricity as a response to high demand had been a nonstarter for big tech companies. That might be changing.

With data centers buying up electricity, residential customers are digging deep to make payments. “The challenge,” said a ...