Google takes over the Wyoming data centre site Crusoe had planned

Google has bought Crusoe’s data centre site in southeast Wyoming and will build the project itself, after pledging $17B there. Bloomberg had reported Crusoe was pushed aside after failing to sign customers. Terms were not disclosed.

Google has bought Crusoe’s data centre site in southeast Wyoming and will build the project itself, Crusoe said on Friday. Neither company disclosed the terms.

The deal comes a day after Google said it would spend $17B on its first Wyoming data centre, in Laramie County. It ends Crusoe’s early work on the site, which included choosing the location, winning government approvals and planning its power supply.

Crusoe announced the project with Blackstone-backed Tallgrass Energy in July 2025, saying it could eventually grow to 10 GW. In June, Crusoe was being pushed aside after failing to sign customers, with Google raising concerns about costs and timing, Bloomberg reported.

Crusoe said it still has more than 6 GW of capacity under contract and over 40 GW in its pipeline. It is also building a data centre campus for Google near Amarillo, Texas, and raised $3.9B at a $30.9B valuation in September. Elsewhere it has landed customers, including deals with Meta in June and a reported $13B contract with Jane Street.

Developers face a tougher climate. Several new governors elected this week have promised to rein in data centres, Bloomberg said, and voters rejected data centres in 40 of 41 local ballot measures.