⚡ Active Partnership · Oklahoma

Seminole Nation
of Oklahoma

Powering the Future on Sovereign Ground

Seebury and Seminole Energy are building something that has never been done before — a tribally sovereign AI data center campus powered by a purpose-built, multiservice energy infrastructure, on land held in trust for the Seminole people.

30+
Years Tribal Partnership Experience
AI
Data Center Infrastructure
100%
Tribally Sovereign Land
3
Partner Organizations
The Partnership

Three organizations. One vision.

The Seminole Energy Campus brings together a tribally owned energy company, a world-class data center operator, and Seebury's multiservice energy expertise to create something the industry has not seen before: AI-grade computing infrastructure built on sovereign tribal land, powered by a fully integrated energy system designed from the ground up.

This is not a lease arrangement or a surface-level partnership. Seminole Energy — an existing, tribally owned company — holds and controls the land and assets. Seebury finances, designs, and builds the energy infrastructure that makes it all run. The result is a campus that combines the unique regulatory and economic advantages of tribal sovereignty with the operational capabilities of a first-class data center.

For Seebury, this project represents the fullest expression of our DESAEAT methodology — designing the exact right energy mix for a specific environment, at a scale that matters.

Partnership Structure

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Seminole Energy
Tribally owned company. Holds and controls the land and campus assets on behalf of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma. Exercises full sovereign authority over the project site.
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Sovereign Data Centers
Best-in-class data center developer and operator. Designs, builds, and operates the AI computing campus infrastructure on the Seminole Energy site.
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Seebury Multiservice Solutions
Finances and builds the complete energy infrastructure. Designs the optimal multiservice energy allocation — natural gas, solar, and storage — to meet the campus's 24-hour power demands reliably and economically.
Why Sovereign Land

The Tribal Sovereignty Advantage

Tribal sovereign land is not simply a location — it is a fundamentally different operating environment, with structural advantages that benefit every partner in the campus and the community it serves.

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Regulatory Sovereignty

Tribal lands operate under a distinct regulatory framework. This creates meaningful advantages in permitting timelines, land use flexibility, and the ability to structure agreements that serve the community's long-term interests — not just short-term commercial convenience.

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Strategic Location

The Seminole Energy campus site in Oklahoma sits at a genuine geographic and infrastructure crossroads — well-positioned for fiber connectivity, energy supply, and regional data center demand. Sovereign land in this corridor is exceptionally rare and difficult to replicate.

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Community-First Economics

Because Seminole Energy holds the land and assets, the long-term economic returns from this campus flow to the Seminole Nation — creating lasting, generational value rather than extracting wealth from sovereign territory. This is the model Seebury has pursued for over 30 years.

How It Works

Seebury's Role in the Campus

Seebury's contribution goes well beyond energy supply. We finance, engineer, and build the complete energy infrastructure — then manage it over the long term, ensuring the campus runs reliably and economically through every operating condition.

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Seebury Finances & Builds
Designs and constructs the complete multiservice energy infrastructure for the campus
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Energy Delivered to Campus
Natural gas generation, solar, and storage power the AI data center operations 24 hours a day
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Tribal Side Pays Down Over Time
Seebury is paid down by the tribal partnership over the life of the project, then holds a long-term management role

Energy Infrastructure

Seebury Designs & Delivers

Seebury applies its DESAEAT methodology to determine the optimal energy mix for a data center environment operating in Oklahoma — a combination of natural gas generation for reliable baseload, solar to reduce long-term fuel costs, and storage to ensure 24-hour continuity.

  • Natural gas generation as primary dispatchable baseload
  • Solar integrated to hedge fuel cost and reduce consumption
  • Battery storage for uninterrupted 24-hour operation
  • Full redundancy — no single point of failure

Long-Term Management

Seebury's Ongoing Role

Once the energy infrastructure is built and paid down, Seebury retains a long-term management relationship with the campus — ensuring the energy system continues to perform, adapt, and serve the Seminole Energy Campus for decades to come.

  • Ongoing energy system operations and optimization
  • Performance monitoring and proactive maintenance
  • Future capacity planning as the campus grows
  • Energy cost management over the project lifecycle
Financial Structure

A Structure Built for Both Partners

One of the most powerful aspects of this partnership is the financial structure — designed so that each partner captures the advantages uniquely available to them.

Tribes are tax-exempt entities, which means federal tax incentives for energy infrastructure — depreciation, investment tax credits, production credits — would ordinarily go uncaptured. The Seebury partnership structure ensures those benefits are not wasted.

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Tribal Exemption Preserved

Seminole Energy retains its full tax-exempt status. The tribe holds the land and long-term asset value without any erosion of its sovereign financial position.

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Tax Credits & Depreciation

Seebury captures the federal tax depreciation and energy tax credits that the tribe cannot use — putting financial incentives the market would otherwise lose to work for the project's economics.

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Shared Long-Term Value

As infrastructure costs are paid down, the economics of the campus improve for all parties. The structure is designed to create lasting value for the Seminole Nation — not a one-time transaction.

Ancient kiva ladder — Mesa Verde, Colorado
Ancient kiva ladder, Mesa Verde — a symbol of the climb toward light and community that has defined Indigenous life for centuries.
30 Years of Trust

A relationship built long before this project

Seebury's work with the Seminole Nation is not a transaction. It is the latest chapter in over 30 years of energy project development alongside Canadian First Nations and U.S. Tribes — relationships built through listening, through long-term commitment, and through deals that put community outcomes first.

We understand sovereign land. We understand tribal governance. We understand what it means for a Nation to enter a long-term energy partnership and what they need from a partner to feel confident doing so.

That understanding is not something you acquire in a boardroom. It is earned over decades of showing up, following through, and building projects that actually serve the people they are meant to serve.

"The fire never goes out — and neither does our commitment to the communities that have trusted us with their energy future."

Interested in the Seminole Energy Campus?

Whether you're a prospective data center tenant, an energy partner, or an investor — we'd like to speak with you directly.

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