Crusoe sells troubled Wyoming data center project to Google — SkimNews
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- Google bought Crusoe’s unfinished data-center project in southeastern Wyoming in a sale confirmed Friday; the purchase price was not disclosed.
- Google announced plans to invest $17 billion to develop the campus and took over development after reportedly raising concerns about cost and construction timelines under Crusoe’s management.
- Crusoe announced the project last year with Blackstone-backed Tallgrass, planning eventual capacity of 10 gigawatts, but tried and failed to land Google as a customer.
- Crusoe continues developing another Google data center near Amarillo, Texas, despite selling the unfinished Wyoming site to Google.
- Crusoe, recently valued at $30.9 billion, raised a $3.9 billion funding round in September despite the Wyoming setback.
- Crusoe is building its Abilene, Texas, campus in phases for Oracle and OpenAI and a separate adjacent 900-megawatt campus for Microsoft, with a first building due online in mid-2027.
Why it matters: Google takes over direct development of a campus once planned for 10 gigawatts and plans a $17 billion investment after cost and schedule concerns under Crusoe. That shifts the build’s execution burden to Google, while Crusoe retains a separate Amarillo data center with Google.
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