Google Buys Crusoe's Southeast Wyoming Data Center Site

Crusoe announced on November 6, 2026 that Google had acquired its data center site in southeast Wyoming, completing Crusoe's engagement on site selection, governmental approvals and power strategy. No purchase price or detailed financial terms were disclosed.

"Crusoe's pre-construction efforts - origination, entitlement, and de-risking - have set up the Wyoming project for construction and eventual operation," co-founder and CEO Chase Lochmiller said. His description defines the announcement as a development handoff, with construction and operation still ahead for the acquired site.

Power Development Preceded the Sale

Crusoe and Tallgrass Energy initiated the campus through joint development of power and data-center infrastructure. That parallel process coordinated energy-systems design, data-center engineering, site development and hyperscaler engagement. The resulting hybrid power strategy combines fuel cells, grid power and natural-gas turbines, with a long-term carbon-capture roadmap connected to Tallgrass's regional CO2 sequestration hub.

The project's development plans were already substantial before Google's acquisition. In their July 24, 2025 campus announcement, Crusoe and Tallgrass described a 1.8-gigawatt development designed to scale up to 10 gigawatts. The original plan integrated multiple energy sources fueled by natural gas with future regional renewable developments, while proximity to Tallgrass's CO2 hub was intended to support long-term carbon capture. Those capacity figures describe the 2025 development plan; Crusoe's acquisition announcement provides no updated capacity figure.

In a separate November 5, 2026 announcement, Google said it was making a long-term $17 billion investment to build its first Wyoming data center in Laramie County with Tallgrass Energy, Black Hills Energy, American Electric Power (AEP ) and Related Digital. The project plan includes a contracted 702-megawatt commercial-scale fuel-cell development with carbon capture and storage, using Bloom Energy (BE ) fuel cells, and an air-cooled data center intended to minimize strain on local water resources. The $17 billion refers to that broader Wyoming investment, not to a disclosed acquisition price for Crusoe's site.

Crusoe's Wider Development Business

Lochmiller said Crusoe has more than 6 gigawatts contracted and over 40 gigawatts in its pipeline. Those company-reported figures accompany his description of a business focused on developing and energizing AI infrastructure, with the Wyoming transaction completing one pre-development assignment rather than ending the company's work with Google.

In a September 28, 2026 announcement, Crusoe identified itself as the developer of Google's data center campus under construction in Armstrong County, Texas, outside Amarillo. Construction there broke ground in June 2025. The Texas disclosure establishes a separate, continuing campus-development role, distinct from the completed pre-development engagement in Wyoming.

The transaction therefore exposes two distinct roles in Crusoe's work for Google: preparing a Wyoming site for transfer and developing a Texas campus that is already under construction. Google takes control of the Wyoming site after Crusoe's origination, approvals and power planning, while Crusoe completes its stated assignment there. The undisclosed terms leave the transaction's direct financial value to Crusoe unstated, even as the handoff clarifies how the companies divided the project's early development work.