Crusoe claimed it paused a plan to build a Wyoming data center after it
failed to win customers including Google

Date:
Fri, 12 Jun 2026 13:46:14 +0000

Description:
The company was pressured to pause development by Google

FULL STORY ======================================================================Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Crusoe "paused" development of Wyoming data center Pressure from Google likely contributed to the halt on development Other development partners will likely seek to buy out Crusoe's interest in the site 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 datacenter in Cheyenne, Wyoming, that would have a peak consumption of 1.8GW - enough to power Denver. At the request of our
customer, Crusoe has paused its development activities, the company said in a statement. Latest Videos From Watch full video here: Crusoes interest likely to be bought out The planned data center development had also seen interest from energy utility Black Hills Corp., who have also announced that the development of the data center would be moving forward without Crusoe.

But in a statement to Bloomberg , a Crusoe spokesperson said that local approvals had been secured by a Crusoe subsidiary, meaning that Crusoes interest in the site will likely be bought out by the other development partners. You may like Nearly half of US data centers planned for 2026 canceled or delayed Utah just approved a data center twice the size of Manhattan that will consume more electricity than the entire state Texas city sells 87 acres gifted by local farmer to data center developer for $10
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A Crusoe employee, who spoke to Bloomberg on conditions of anonymity, said that there was still interest in the project, and that a prospective customer had been presented a budget by Crusoe, and the budget fell within the range
of that of the customer.

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