Crusoe Opens Second Tulsa Plant to Build AI Data Center Components

Crusoe opened its second manufacturing facility in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on September 14, 2026, adding 400,000 square feet of space for production of the electrical equipment behind its AI infrastructure. The new plant takes the company’s national manufacturing footprint to roughly 1 million square feet.

Factory Output and the Stargate Project

The two Tulsa facilities manufacture medium-voltage switchgear, low-voltage switchboards, electrical enclosures, industrial controls, and custom-fabricated copper busbar, components Crusoe describes as foundational to AI innovation. Crusoe said output from Tulsa already supports gigawatts of AI infrastructure, including more than 2,500 switchboards supplied to its flagship Stargate Project site in Abilene, Texas.

The company said the second plant answers industry demand for its components and more than doubles its Tulsa workforce.

Workforce and the In-House Model

More than 300 local craft workers now build those components across the two Tulsa sites, the company said, up from the 100 expected when the first facility opened in 2024. The Tulsa team’s work spans engineering, welding, powder coating, fabrication, and electrical assembly.

Cully Cavness, Crusoe’s co-founder, president and chief strategy officer, said the Tulsa operation now includes more than 300 full-time manufacturing staff within a company of more than 1,800 employees and 15,000 skilled workers across its sites. “There’s a lot of talk about the AI buildout, but so much of it comes down to real people building real things, and we need more of those skilled hands here in Tulsa,” Cavness said. He credited building the equipment in-house, and in the United States, for the speed at which Crusoe operates.

The company ties that pace to its production model. Because the components are designed and built in-house, Crusoe said it can turn around in days what it said often takes the rest of the industry months. It also said that controlling the process from design through testing yields higher quality and flexibility, and that every unit is tested by the same team that built it.

Andrew Sweatman, Crusoe’s vice president of manufacturing, said the Tulsa team can build the most difficult and most critical components faster than the industry believes possible. The second facility, he said, gives that team room to take on more work as Crusoe grows.

Ribbon-Cutting and the First Tulsa Plant

Crusoe marked the opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt, Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols, and additional state and local officials. The ceremony capped a day of tours and remarks at the new facility.

Stitt said the expansion supports more than 300 Oklahomans and “moves us closer to our goal of making Oklahoma a Top 10 state.” He said Crusoe could have expanded anywhere and has continued to choose Tulsa, crediting state support for job creators and investment in a capable workforce.

The second plant follows Crusoe’s first Tulsa facility, announced in August 2024 with plans to invest about $10 million and create 100 jobs, according to the Oklahoma Department of Commerce. That plant, located at 5404 S. 122nd E. Ave., was planned at roughly 120,000 square feet to manufacture elements of data center infrastructure such as switchgear.

At the time of the 2024 announcement, Cavness pointed to Tulsa’s technical manufacturing heritage, its available workforce, and its pro-business attitude as reasons the city fit Crusoe’s scale-up plans. Crusoe already maintained a small Tulsa team dedicated to repairing its technology and components used in the field, and the company expected the manufacturing operation to employ 100 people by the end of that year.

Local officials welcomed the 2024 announcement. Mike Neal, president and CEO of the Tulsa Regional Chamber, said Crusoe had pioneered digital infrastructure drawing on wasted, stranded, or clean energy. G.T. Bynum, Tulsa’s mayor at the time, said he welcomed the company as the city worked to attract forward-thinking businesses.

The Commerce record states that Crusoe, founded in 2018, holds dual headquarters in Denver and San Francisco and operates in seven states and three countries. The record also notes that Tulsa’s Future, the Chamber-led regional economic development partnership, met Crusoe representatives on a 2022 marketing trip to Denver.

Crusoe said it is recruiting for the Tulsa team through open roles listed on its careers page.