OKX1 (Blue Bird Trail LLC)
Bennington, Bryan County, OK
Scale Datacenter plans OKX1 (Blue Bird Trail LLC), a data center in Bennington, OK. Oklahoma DEQ AQD Individual Minor Source Construction Permit application 2026-0363-C (Facility ID 25510), received May 19, 2026; administratively complete June 1, 2026; in technical review. Applicant Blue Bird Trail LLC (3131 NW 177th St, Oklahoma City); SIC 7374/NAICS 518210. Phase 1 of new facility OKX1: eleven Wartsila 20V34SG natural-gas reciprocating engines to generate electricity. Applicant contacts use scaledatacenters.com emails (Trevor Francis, Billy Wooten; Scale office 600 NW 62nd St, OKC). Record lat/lng 33.9709,-96.0050.
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Oklahoma state legislation
- SB5982 - Data Center Clean Energy and Reporting ActSets clean energy and reporting requirements for data centers.Download
- HB784 - Water/NDA reporting requirement for data centersRequires data centers to report monthly and yearly water consumption and prohibits water NDAs with political subdivisions.Download
- HB 2992Oklahoma bill establishing a separate utility rate class for large loads of 75+ MW, aimed at data centers.Download
- HB1063 - Utility cost protection from data center constructionRequires electric utilities to protect residential/retail customers from costs associated with data center construction and operation.Download
- Ordinance No. O-2026-7Lawton, Oklahoma data center zoning ordinance, adopted February 24, 2026.Download
- HB4194 - Data centers; Data Center Decommissioning Act; proper decommissioning; Oklahoma Corporation Commission; financial assurance; effective date.Description comingDownload
- HB4424 - Revenue and taxation; ad valorem; exemption; manufacturing facilities; data center; effective date.Description comingDownload
- HB3397 - Data centers; defining terms; requiring Corporation Commission provide for certain classification of service; effective date.Description comingDownload
- HB3394 - Hyperscale data centers; Oklahoma Hyperscale Data Center Directory Act; Oklahoma Corporation Commission; directory; electrical utilities; water providers; effective date.Description comingDownload
Site details
- Operator
- Scale Datacenter
- County
- Bryan County, OK
- Address
- Bennington, OK
- Stage
- Planned
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