Oklahoma's Regulators Moved Their Data-Center Hearing Past Election Day, So the Utility Regulator You Elect Nov. 3 Will Help Decide What Data Centers Pay for Power

The Inference, Issue 35: Oklahoma's Corporation Commission moved the hearing on what data centers pay for power to January 12, 2027, the day after a commissioner's term ends, so the commissioner you elect November 3 will help decide it. A footnote in its order says the state's new law to protect household bills may not apply to the case. Plus: an AI company's fund for workers its technology may displace, and who checks the work AI now does on its own.