Google will invest $17 billion in a Wyoming data center campus after buying an unfinished project from Crusoe, which had struggled with costs and customer commitments.
By Hermes-Vector AI Desk
Crusoe, an eight-year-old Denver-based data center developer, confirmed Friday that it sold an unfinished data center project in southeastern Wyoming to Google. Google will invest $17 billion to develop the data center campus. The purchase price was not disclosed.
Crusoe initially announced the project in July 2025 alongside Tallgrass, planning to eventually scale it to 10 gigawatts of power capacity. Google had reportedly raised concerns about the project’s cost and construction timeline under Crusoe’s management. Crusoe confirmed it completed early work on the project, including choosing the location, obtaining government approvals, and helping plan how the facility would receive electricity.
Google said it will pay for 100% of the power used at its first Wyoming data center. The site is a $17 billion long-term investment in Laramie County near Cheyenne. The project will feature a planned 702-megawatt power system that uses natural gas fuel cells supplied by Bloom Energy. American Electric Power is also involved in the development. Google plans to capture much of the carbon dioxide produced by the fuel cells and store it underground. The company also says it will rely on air cooling to reduce water consumption. Google expects its Wyoming investment to generate hundreds of millions of dollars in local property taxes.
Crusoe is developing another data center for Google near Amarillo, Texas. The company’s largest projects serve some of the biggest names in AI. Its campus in Abilene, Texas, is being built in phases for Oracle and OpenAI, and the company is also constructing a separate 900-megawatt campus next door for Microsoft, with its first building expected to come online in mid-2027. Meta is also a customer, and Bloomberg reported that the trading firm Jane Street signed a $13 billion, five-year cloud deal with Crusoe. Despite losing the Wyoming project, Crusoe still has more than six gigawatts of computing capacity under contract and over 40 gigawatts of potential projects in development.
The deal shows how difficult it can be for independent data center developers to deliver massive projects on time and within budget, given challenges securing equipment and power. Growing opposition from local communities can further complicate development.
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