Google Acquires Crusoe’s Wyoming Data Center Site

Google has acquired Crusoe’s southeast Wyoming data-center site and will develop the project itself, taking over after Crusoe completed the site’s predevelopment work. Google has announced plans to invest $17 billion in its first data center in the state, but the companies have not disclosed the site’s purchase price or the campus’s total planned capacity.

Crusoe said on November 6 that the transaction ends its role in preparing the project. That work included selecting the location, obtaining government approvals and developing a power strategy with Tallgrass Energy. Google announced its Wyoming investment the previous day.

Google named Tallgrass Energy, Black Hills Energy, American Electric Power and Related Digital as project partners. The company said a planned 702-megawatt fuel-cell project with carbon capture and storage is part of its contract with American Electric Power. It also expects electricity from natural-gas generators operated by Tallgrass and Black Hills Energy.

The $17 billion figure describes Google’s planned investment in developing the Wyoming campus, not the price paid to Crusoe for the site. Reports of the project’s earlier ambitions cited a potential...