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Crusoe says its work on the southeast Wyoming data-centre site included selecting the location and securing government approvals. That adds detail to the handover beyond the acquisition itself.

The company also says it developed a power strategy for the project, a consequential part of building an AI-computing site. Google has announced plans to invest $17 billion in the Wyoming facility.

The new account sketches what Crusoe leaves behind: not just a site, but groundwork on approvals and power. That makes the transition to Google’s development plans easier to understand, though the announcement does not specify what work remains.

Sources and evidence

• Google Acquires Crusoe’s Wyoming Data Center Site: Crusoe says its involvement in the Wyoming data-centre project included site selection, securing government approvals and developing a power strategy; Google has announced a $17 billion investment plan for the site.

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TechCrunch says the Wyoming campus was initially planned with Tallgrass to scale eventually to 10 gigawatts. Crusoe was recently valued at $30.9 billion and raised $3.9 billion in September, putting the unfinished project in the context of a company that has continued to attract substantial funding.

The company’s business extends beyond developing sites: TechCrunch says Crusoe leases data-centre space to customers bringing their own GPUs, rents out its own GPUs and sells compute for running AI models. That makes the handover one project within a broader infrastructure and AI-compute operation.

TechCrunch also says Crusoe is developing an Abilene campus for Oracle and OpenAI, and a separate 900-megawatt site for Microsoft, with its first building expected in mid-2027. Meta is also a customer. The Wyoming sale is a setback, but not the whole Crusoe story.

Sources and evidence

• Crusoe sells troubled Wyoming data center project to Google: TechCrunch reports that Crusoe was recently valued at $30.9 billion, raised $3.9 billion in September, operates across data-centre leasing and AI compute, and is developing other substantial customer projects alongside the Wyoming site.

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TechCrunch says the first halls at the Wyoming campus are expected to become operational in the second half of 2028, with the full build-out targeted for 2031. Those dates give the project a more concrete timetable than the earlier acquisition announcement did.

The report describes a hybrid power strategy combining fuel cells, grid electricity and natural-gas turbines, with a roadmap for carbon capture. It does not specify how much each source will contribute or when carbon capture would be implemented.

TechCrunch also says Crusoe’s pre-development work included site selection, government approvals and planning the power strategy. That adds detail about the groundwork behind the handover, while the later construction and operating schedule now sits with Google.

Sources and evidence

• Crusoe sells troubled Wyoming data center project to Google: TechCrunch reports that the first halls at Google’s Wyoming data-centre campus are expected to operate in the second half of 2028, with full build-out by 2031, and describes a planned mix of fuel cells, grid power and natural-gas turbines alongside a carbon-capture roadmap.

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