Crusoe sells troubled Wyoming data center project to Google

Crusoe has sold its troubled Wyoming data center project to Google today, TechCrunch reports. The move underscores the scramble for suitable sites, power, water and advanced cooling for AI infrastructure as demand from model training and inference surges. It also highlights how permitting, transmission and grid constraints are pushing smaller developers to hand off complex builds to hyperscalers with deeper capital and utility ties.

TechCrunch describes the project as troubled and says Google will assume development and related obligations, while financial terms, capacity targets and timing were not disclosed. The Wyoming location could give Google room to scale in a lower-cost region but may still face the permitting and construction hurdles seen across the sector. Watch for Google to confirm capacity, power sourcing, investment size and an in-service timeline for the site. [Developing. This article will be updated.]