Google buys Crusoe's Wyoming data center site, plans $17B buildout
What happened
Reports on November 7 said Google has acquired Crusoe's data center site in southeastern Wyoming, after Crusoe finished early development work including site selection, government approvals and power strategy. Later reports confirmed the sale covers an unfinished data center project that Google will take over and develop. Google had raised concerns about cost and construction pace under Crusoe's management. The purchase price was not disclosed. Google said it plans to invest $17 billion to develop the campus. Crusoe also says it has signed more than 6 GW of compute capacity, has a project pipeline of more than 40 GW, and is developing Google's under-construction data center campus in Armstrong County, Texas.
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- TechCrunch · AICrusoe sells troubled Wyoming data center project to Google
Crusoe 确认已将怀俄明州东南部一个未完工的数据中心项目出售给 Google，由后者接手开发。据报道，Google 曾担忧 Crusoe 管理下的项目成本与施工进度；收购价未披露，Google 宣布计划投入 $17 billion 开发该园区。
- Hacker News front pageGoogle has acquired Crusoe's data center site in southeast Wyoming
Google 已收购 Crusoe 位于怀俄明州东南部的数据中心选址，交易完成标志着 Crusoe 在该项目上的前期开发工作结束，包括选址、政府审批和电力策略。Crusoe 称其已签约超过 6 GW、管线超过 40 GW 算力容量，并正在开发 Google 位于得州 Armstrong County 的在建数据中心园区。
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