Crusoe sells its Wyoming data center site to Google

Nov 7, 2026
Google acquired Crusoe's unfinished data center site in southeast Wyoming and will take over its development. The company plans to invest $17 billion in the campus.

Google bought Crusoe's unfinished data center site in southeast Wyoming and will take over its development, according to TechCrunch. The purchase terms were not disclosed. Google, which Crusoe had tried and failed to land as a customer, reportedly raised concerns about the project's cost and construction timeline. Google announced plans to invest $17 billion in the campus a day earlier.

Crusoe said in its announcement that the sale completes its early work on the project, which included selecting the site, securing government approvals and planning its power supply. Crusoe and Tallgrass Energy had planned the campus with grid power, fuel cells and natural gas turbines, along with a longer term carbon capture plan.

The companies introduced the project in 2025 with plans to scale it to 10 gigawatts. Crusoe continues to develop another Google data center campus near Amarillo, Texas. The deal comes as US voters rejected data centers in 40 of 41 local ballot measures this week, The Next Web noted.

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