Google has acquired Crusoe's data center site in southeast Wyoming, the AI infrastructure developer said Friday, a day after Alphabet announced a $17 billion investment to build its first Wyoming data center near Cheyenne. Crusoe said it completed pre-development work including site selection, approvals, and a hybrid power strategy with Tallgrass Energy; financial terms were not disclosed.
Source: Reuters
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Crusoe says Google has bought out its data center site in southeast Wyoming; Crusoe reportedly failed to lock in customers including Google for the project (@lynnmdoan / Bloomberg)
— Techmeme (@Techmeme) Nov 6, 2026
GOOGLE $GOOGL BUYS CRUSOE'S WYOMING DATA CENTER SITE • The sale completes Crusoe's pre-development work on the southeast Wyoming campus, including site selection, government approvals and power strategy • Crusoe and Tallgrass Energy started the project, planning power from
— IPO Newsroom (@IPONewsroom_) Nov 6, 2026
Not exactly $GOOG buyout of Crusoe Wyoming site was due to Google wanting to downsize the project from 2.5 to 1.25 GW as needs changed on compute demand. Crusoe refused and was removed from the project than Google bought the site to hire its own developer for smaller data
— Roger (@rdd147) Nov 6, 2026
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