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Unlike the massive data centers built by the hyperscalers, Armada's data centers can attach to existing energy sources, such as solar power and gas flares produced by oil wells, and can be deployed within days rather than years.
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Krysta Escobar, CNBC, 19 May 2026
The Frontier and ProPublica’s reporting on oil and gas pollution in Oklahoma over the last year has shown how old oil wells abandoned by the industry pose severe public and environmental health risks.
—Nick Bowlin, ProPublica, 18 May 2026
Its steel pipes are used for oil wells.
—Ricky Sayer, CBS News, 8 May 2026
The project plowed through tar and oil wells that needed to be capped.
—Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 7 May 2026
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Krysta Escobar, CNBC, 19 May 2026
The Frontier and ProPublica’s reporting on oil and gas pollution in Oklahoma over the last year has shown how old oil wells abandoned by the industry pose severe public and environmental health risks.
—Nick Bowlin, ProPublica, 18 May 2026
Its steel pipes are used for oil wells.
—Ricky Sayer, CBS News, 8 May 2026
The project plowed through tar and oil wells that needed to be capped.
—Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 7 May 2026
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“Oil well.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oil%20well. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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