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Google Takes Over Wyoming Data Center That Crusoe Had Pitched

Bloomberg Technology · By Lynn Doan ·

The Brief · written from 3 sources

  • Google bought Crusoe's data center site in southeast Wyoming and will take on the project itself.
  • Crusoe reportedly failed to lock in customers, including Google, for the project.
  • The deal highlights the challenges of developing large AI data centers, per TechCrunch.

Why it matters

The deal shows that building large AI data center projects is difficult and that a hyperscaler may step in when a developer cannot secure customers, which matters for anyone tracking AI infrastructure capacity.

Alphabet Inc.’s Google has bought out Crusoe’s data center site in southeast Wyoming, opting to take on the project itself after the AI computing upstart failed to lock in customers.

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Timeline

  1. Google bought out Crusoe's data center site in southeast Wyoming

  2. Bloomberg Technology

    Google Takes Over Wyoming Data Center That Crusoe Had Pitched

  3. Techmeme

    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 (Lynn Doan/Bloomberg)

  4. AI News & Artificial Intelligence | TechCrunch

    Crusoe sells troubled Wyoming data center project to Google

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