Lawton, OK Data Centers & Crypto Mining: Data Center Zoning & Siting (2026)

Section 18-6-17-682(A)(14) places 'digital asset mining business or data center, with a peak electrical demand greater than two (2) megawatts' on the I-4 Heavy Industrial District's uses-permitted-on-review list, meaning the operator must go through the Section 18-113 review process rather than obtaining a building permit outright. That review track sits alongside other high-impact I-4 uses on the same list, including acid manufacture, petroleum refining, and disposal plants, signaling that the city treats a large-scale mining or data center operation with the same siting caution as heavy industrial and waste uses.

The written electrical-provider clearance carries over unchanged from the smaller-scale I-1 rule in Section 18-6-14-646(A)(8): both thresholds require confirmation that sufficient infrastructure exists to safely support the use without negatively impacting service to existing customers, so the utility sign-off is not a substitute for the review process at the larger scale, it is an added condition on top of it. The I-4 district itself carries none of the enclosed-building or screening conditions attached to I-1's permitted-use list, but its general standards still apply, including screening walls 6 to 8 feet tall wherever the site abuts a residential district under Section 18-6-17-688. The city council added both the I-1 and I-4 digital-asset provisions in the same ordinance, No. O-2026-7, adopted February 24, 2026.