Oklahoma, Where The Google Comes Sweepin’ Down The Plain

From California, Google has spread out across the great land of the United
States. New York! Washington! Arizona! And now which of the
fifty nifty United States is
Google heading to next? Oklahoma! Below, some news of Google’s plans for the
Sooner State and well as a recap of what other states it has conquered over
time, as it builds the United States Of Google.

Google is eyeing Pryor Creek, Oklahoma. Since the industrial park has its own
power plant, the smart money is that Google will be placing another of its
energy-guzzling data centers there (shouldn’t
they all go out in the desert now, with miles of solar collectors to power
them?).

From Computerworld:

All Google will say about the Oklahoma site is
that the company is evaluating it.

"We’re just sitting here in a corner of a state —
out of sight, out of mind," says Sanders Mitchell, administrator of the
MidAmerica complex. He says that with a bit of a chuckle, because his 7,000-acre
industrial park may be the largest rural facility of its kind in the US.

The park includes a coal-fired electrical
generating facility operated by the Grand River Dam Authority that can produce
about 1,000 megawatts of power annually. According to a spokesman for the
authority, it charges about 4.5 cents per kilowatt hour, which is similar to the
electricity rates charged in the areas around The Dalles and Lenoir.

The local Pryor paper
has
this to say:

“The possibility of Google coming to Pryor, the value that it will bring,
not just to Mayes County, but the state … I don’t believe we can even
imagine (the impact) right now as far as the kind of jobs that it could
bring,” said Pryor Area Chamber of Commerce Director Barbara Hawkins.

“We’re really excited about the possibility,” said Hawkins, adding it also
validates the progress of the MAIP and the quality of life of Pryor and Mayes
County. “That companies such as Gatorade and possibly, Google, are
acknowledging and realizing that not only is our park extraordinary, but the
people in our area as well.”

MAIP Administrator Sanders Mitchell said Friday afternoon that he still
cannot release the identify of the company which purchased the 800 acres south
of Gatorade.

Mitchell cannot confirm nor deny that Google is the company which will
locate on the recently purchased property.

Oklahoma would just be the latest in a number of states to get Google a
Google presence. Want a rundown? The
Google Offices page
lists some places where Google operates. But Google has data centers that aren’t
listed.

To fill in the gaps, below is a state-by-state rundown on where Google
operates. We tried to note the date the company first arrived in a state. In
some case, Google may have multiple operations within a state. We also listed
Washington D.C. on the list. We know it’s not perfect — we know might be
missing some states — but you have to start somewhere!

• ALABAMA
• ALASKA
• ARIZONA (October 2005, Phoenix research office
  announced)
• ARKANSAS
• CALIFORNIA (September 1998, Google was
  founded in
  California, first ran out of Stanford University, then a Menlo Park garage,
  before jumping to the first Googleplex in Mountain View. Google now has
  multiple offices in the state)
• COLORADO (March 2006, Google
  
  acquired the makers of SketchUp, giving the company an
  
  office in Boulder)
• CONNECTICUT
• DELAWARE
• FLORIDA
• GEORGIA (March 2007, see
  President Jimmy Carter
  Speaks at Google’s Atlanta Office)
• HAWAII
• IDAHO
• ILLINOIS (2000, first sales office
  
  opens in apartment of sales director John DiCola. It’s
  
  grown since then)
• INDIANA
• IOWA
• KANSAS
• KENTUCKY
• LOUISIANA
• MAINE
• MARYLAND
• MASSACHUSETTS (Late 2005, it
  
  seems the Cambridge sales office it opened)
• MICHIGAN (July 2006, plans announced, see
  
  Google to Put a Research Center in Michigan)
• MINNESOTA (not there, but
  5 Shiny Reasons Google
  Should Take Over Ford’s Twin Cities Auto Plant is a humorous look at why
  they should consider the state)
• MISSISSIPPI
• MISSOURI
• MONTANA
• NEBRASKA
• NEVADA
• NEW HAMPSHIRE
• NEW JERSEY
• NEW YORK (From at least 2000, Google’s been in the state. It recently
  moved to a ritzy new office. See
  Google’s Manhattan
  Office Attractive & Inviting).
• NEW MEXICO
• NORTH CAROLINA (January 2007, see
  Google Picks North
  Carolina For Server Farm)
• NORTH DAKOTA
• OHIO
• OKLAHOMA
• OREGON (2006,
  opened server facility in The Dalles)
• PENNSYLVANIA (December 2005, Pittsburgh office
  announced)
• RHODE ISLAND
• SOUTH CAROLINA (December 2006,
  
  land purchased for expected data center; See
  Google’s Carolina
  Moves: $100 Million Tax Breaks In North, Server Farm Coming To South?)
• SOUTH DAKOTA
• TENNESSEE
• TEXAS (At least by March 2007, see
  Stealth Tour Of Google
  Audio’s Dallas Office)
• UTAH
• VERMONT
• VIRGINIA
• WASHINGTON (November 2004, Kirkland office
  
  opens)
• WASHINGTON D.C. (October 2005, see
  
  Google goes to Washington)
• WEST VIRGINIA
• WISCONSIN
• WYOMING

Now let’s zoom in chronologically on how Google has exercised its manifest
destiny:

1. CALIFORNIA (September 1998)
2. NEW YORK (From at least 2000).
3. ILLINOIS (2000)
4. WASHINGTON (November 2004)
5. WASHINGTON D.C. (October 2005)
6. ARIZONA (October 2005)
7. MASSACHUSETTS (Late 2005)
8. PENNSYLVANIA (December 2005)
9. COLORADO (March 2006)
10. MICHIGAN (July 2006)
11. OREGON (2006)
12. SOUTH CAROLINA (December 2006)
13. NORTH CAROLINA (January 2007)
14. GEORGIA (March 2007)
15. TEXAS (At least by March 2007)

What’s left?

1. ALABAMA
2. ALASKA
3. ARKANSAS
4. CONNECTICUT
5. DELAWARE
6. FLORIDA
7. HAWAII
8. IDAHO
9. INDIANA
10. IOWA
11. KANSAS
12. KENTUCKY
13. LOUISIANA
14. MAINE
15. MARYLAND
16. MINNESOTA
17. MISSISSIPPI
18. MISSOURI
19. MONTANA
20. NEBRASKA
21. NEVADA
22. NEW HAMPSHIRE
23. NEW JERSEY
24. NEW MEXICO
25. NORTH DAKOTA
26. OHIO
27. OKLAHOMA
28. RHODE ISLAND
29. SOUTH DAKOTA
30. TENNESSEE
31. UTAH
32. VERMONT
33. VIRGINIA
34. WEST VIRGINIA
35. WISCONSIN
36. WYOMING

Did we miss something? Get a first entry date long? Feel free to add below!

Postscript: Just in!
Google goes after Iowa!