OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — A Payne County commissioner is raising new concerns over the massive amount of water a planned Google data center complex in Stillwater could use.

At a recent legislative interim study on the impact of data centers, Payne County Commissioner Rhonda Markum warned state lawmakers that the region’s water supply might not be able to meet the project’s long-term demand.

“I am really concerned about the water usage,” Markum said.

The first phase of the complex, now under construction, will bring two data centers.

“They would use approximately 2.7 million gallons of water a day,” Markum said.

Plans call for four additional data centers at the site, for a total of six.

“With all six of those, if they get those built out, you’re looking at 8.1 million gallons of water a

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