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Crusoe Opens 400,000-Square-Foot Tulsa Manufacturing Facility
Crusoe opened its second Tulsa manufacturing facility on September 14, adding 400,000 square feet for AI infrastructure equipment. The expansion brings the company’s Tulsa workforce to more than 300 craft workers and supports projects inclu
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Crusoe adds 400,000 square feet in Tulsa
Crusoe opened its second manufacturing facility in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on September 14, expanding the company’s ability to produce electrical equipment for large artificial-intelligence infrastructure projects. The new site adds 400,000 square feet to Crusoe’s Tulsa operations and brings its national manufacturing footprint to roughly 1 million square feet, according to the company’s announcement.
The facilities produce medium-voltage switchgear, low-voltage switchboards, electrical enclosures, industrial controls and custom-fabricated copper busbar. Those components distribute and control power inside data centers, making them an essential part of the equipment needed to bring high-density computing sites online.
Crusoe says more than 300 local craft workers now build the equipment across its two Tulsa sites. That is more than three times the 100 jobs the company expected when its first Tulsa facility opened in 2024.
More than 2,500 switchboards supplied to Stargate
The Tulsa factories already support gigawatts of AI infrastructure, including Crusoe’s work at the Stargate Project site in Abilene, Texas. The company says its Tulsa operations have supplied more than 2,500 switchboards to that flagship site.
Crusoe’s manufacturing work covers engineering, welding, powder coating, fabrication and electrical assembly. The company says designing and building the equipment internally allows it to complete some orders in days rather than waiting months for suppliers with existing backlogs.
That claim reflects a specific bottleneck in data-center construction: electrical equipment often has long lead times, and delays in switchgear or switchboards can hold up installation even after a site, power connection and computing hardware are ready. Crusoe’s Tulsa expansion gives it additional production capacity for equipment used across its own AI infrastructure projects.
Cully Cavness ties expansion to skilled labor
“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,” said Cully Cavness, Crusoe’s co-founder, president and chief strategy officer.
Cully Cavness, Crusoe
Cavness said the company’s Tulsa workforce creates the equipment that supports AI projects and that manufacturing in the United States helps Crusoe move faster. He said Crusoe now has more than 1,800 employees and 15,000 skilled workers across its sites, including the Tulsa manufacturing staff.
Crusoe describes the Tulsa operation as an end-to-end manufacturing process. Each unit is tested by the same team that built it, the company says, giving it direct control over production, quality checks and changes to equipment specifications.
Oklahoma officials attend ribbon-cutting
Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt and Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony, along with other state and local officials. Stitt said Crusoe’s decision to expand in Tulsa reflected the state’s support for employers and workforce development.
“Crusoe could have expanded anywhere, and it continues to choose Tulsa, Oklahoma,” said Kevin Stitt, governor of Oklahoma. “This expansion supports more than 300 Oklahomans and moves us closer to our goal of making Oklahoma a Top 10 state.”
Kevin Stitt, governor of Oklahoma
Andrew Sweatman, Crusoe’s vice president of manufacturing, said the second facility gives the Tulsa team room to take on additional work while continuing to produce components on short schedules.
The company’s expansion places manufacturing capacity alongside its wider AI infrastructure business, which includes data centers, energy projects and Crusoe Cloud. In Tulsa, the immediate output is more tangible: switchgear, busbars, enclosures and control equipment assembled, tested and shipped to the sites that need them.