Odessa County - This project is coming to fruition soon!!!!

https://odessatx.new.swagit.com/videos/390834

From 7 mins onwards

I was busy watching the video - forgot to buy more calls!!

This is the best news I have seen all week. Summary below

To hear the Project Hawk discussion directly, start at approximately 7:00, then jump to the second section at approximately 14:35.

First section, around 7:00

The most important comment came at the beginning: ODC said it hoped Project Hawk was “coming to fruition in the near future.”

• Odessa has worked with this project for more than two years. Its codename changed from Project Thunderstorm, to Project Blizzard King, and now to Project Hawk.
• Hawk representatives had just spent approximately two and a half days in Odessa, meeting local officials, community leaders and organizations. ODC described the meetings and response as very positive.
• Representatives also appeared before Odessa City Council and Ector County Commissioners in closed sessions. ODC said these were informational presentations rather than negotiations.
• Hawk said it would generate its own electricity onsite using behind-the-meter generation. ODC said this meant the project would not draw from the public grid or affect local utility bills. When asked about this commitment, Hawk representatives reportedly said they were willing to put it into a contract.
• While discussing water, ODC said data centers were moving away from water cooling towers toward closed-loop systems. For this project, ODC quoted approximately 20,000–25,000 gallons of water use per day. It also said the initial water used to charge the closed-loop system could remain good for more than five years before the system needed recharging.
• Hawk said it employs a noise engineer and designs its facilities to avoid disturbing nearby properties. Its representatives offered to host Odessa officials at their large Garland data center, located across from an apartment complex, to demonstrate its noise levels.

The Garland reference appears consistent with Stream Data Centers, which operates a facility there occupied by Meta through OBOE LLC. This supports Stream’s connection to Hawk, but it does not identify Hawk’s hyperscaler.

Second section, around 14:35

ODC then returned to what strongly appears to be Project Hawk, although the speaker referred to it as “this one data center” rather than repeating the codename.

• ODC originally understood that the project would create only 35–40 jobs. It later learned this estimate was per building.
• The existing site plan reportedly includes six buildings, each approximately 600,000 square feet, with at least 200 permanent, relatively well-paid jobs across the campus.
• The developer discussed beginning with one building before moving into construction of the first two buildings roughly simultaneously.
• The original plan contemplated a five-to-seven-year phased buildout. However, connections made during the Odessa visit apparently led to discussions about accelerating that schedule.
• Information from the Odessa meetings was shared with the project’s hyperscaler, which was not present during the visit.
• ODC said the hyperscaler was “very excited” and had encountered an unspecified issue with another project it was trying to get underway.
• According to ODC, the hyperscaler now wants to make the Odessa project a priority and move it forward quickly.

The hyperscaler was not named, and ODC did not explain what happened with the other project.

There is slight ambiguity in the second section because Manskey did not repeat the name Hawk. However, it concerns an already-purchased site, an existing six-building plan and information gathered during that week’s Odessa meetings. Project Landman was introduced separately as only one week old, making Hawk the clear contextual match.

Some context on water and electricity

Traditional cooling towers can consume substantial amounts of water because water is continuously lost through evaporation. A closed-loop system recirculates water or coolant, potentially reducing the need for constant replacement.

However, the transcript does not explain why the campus would still require 20,000–25,000 gallons per day if the initial charge lasts more than five years. That figure may include losses, maintenance, humidification, domestic use or other operations. We will need engineering plans or permit applications to understand it properly.

Behind-the-meter power means electricity is produced onsite and delivered directly to the facility instead of being supplied primarily through the public grid. If Hawk follows through, this could reduce pressure on ERCOT and address concerns about local utility prices.

It does not remove the environmental or infrastructure questions. A six-building AI campus would still need enormous generating capacity, natural-gas supply, air permits, backup systems and cooling equipment.

My takeaway is that this was much more than a generic project update. ODC described Hawk as potentially approaching fruition, disclosed an existing six-building plan and said the hyperscaler now wants the Odessa project moved forward quickly.

The next things to watch are an executed lease, Chapter 312 agreement, Industrial District documentation, environmental and grading permits, air permits for onsite generation, a building permit and actual construction.