Cherokee Nation, the largest tribe in the U.S. with more than 475,000 citizens, has banned hyperscale data center development on its tribally owned and trust lands, after a task force convened by Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. found that 64% of 1,593 surveyed citizens opposed construction of the facilities inside the tribe's 14-county reservation in northeastern Oklahoma. The 37-page report cited energy and water consumption, air quality, noise, and cultural resource protection among citizens' concerns, and the tribe said it won't support projects on non-tribal land within the reservation without early consultation.
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