- Crusoe “paused” development of the Wyoming data center
- The pressure from Google probably contributed to stopping the development
- Other development partners will likely seek to buy out Crusoe’s interest instead
Crusoe has “paused a data center development plan” after key customers such as Google raised concerns over cost and construction time.
Bloomberg reporting, citing people familiar with the matter, claims Crusoe was set to build a data center in Cheyenne, Wyoming, that would have a peak consumption of 1.8 GW — enough to power Denver.
“At the request of our customer, Crusoe has paused its development activities,” the company said in a statement.
Crusoe’s interest is likely to be bought out
The planned development of the data center had also seen interest from energy company Black Hills Corp., which has also announced that development of the data center would move forward without Crusoe.
But in a statement to Bloomberga Crusoe spokesman said local approvals had been secured by a Crusoe subsidiary, meaning Crusoe’s interest will likely be bought out by the other development partners instead.
A Crusoe employee who spoke with Bloomberg on condition of anonymity, said that there was still interest in the project and that a potential client had been presented with a budget by Crusoe and the budget fell within the range of the client’s.
Tech companies looking to stay ahead of the AI boom are desperate to secure additional computing power, hence the recent surge in both the construction of and opposition to new data centers.
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