Google Buys Crusoe's Wyoming Data Centre Site a Day After Pledging $17 Billion There

The sale gives Google full control of one of the largest AI campuses planned in the US. It also shows the two ways the industry is developing these sites. Crusoe, which builds and runs AI data centres for other companies, did the early work of finding land, winning permits and arranging power. A hyperscaler is now taking that work over to build the campus itself.

In its statement, Crusoe said the sale completes its pre-development work on the campus. That work covered site selection, government approvals and a hybrid power strategy developed with Tallgrass Energy. The plan combines fuel cells, grid power and natural gas turbines, with a longer-term roadmap to capture carbon dioxide and store it in Tallgrass's regional sequestration hub. Crusoe and Tallgrass first presented the project in July 2025 as a 1.8-gigawatt campus that could grow to 10 gigawatts.

Crusoe's co-founder and chief executive, Chase Lochmiller, said the company "is in the business of activating gigawatts for intelligence". He added that Crusoe has more than 6 GW of capacity under contract and over 40 GW in its pipeline across the business. The two companies are still working together elsewhere: Crusoe said it is developing Google's data centre campus now under construction in Armstrong County, outside Amarillo, Texas.

Google's Plan for Laramie County

Google set out its plans for the site in a blog post on Thursday by Steve Walter, its vice-president for global infrastructure and energy. The company called the $17 billion a long-term investment in Laramie County, near Cheyenne. It will build the campus with Tallgrass Energy, Black Hills Energy, American Electric Power and Related Digital.

Power is central to the design. Google said it has contracted with AEP for a 702-megawatt natural gas fuel cell development with carbon capture and storage, which it described as the largest planned project of its kind. Bloom Energy will supply the fuel cells, and the captured carbon will be stored permanently at Tallgrass's Eastern Wyoming Sequestration Hub. Google will also buy electricity from gas generators run by Tallgrass and Black Hills. It is studying whether carbon capture can be added to Tallgrass's combined-cycle turbines. Google said these deals bring its total contracted carbon capture capacity to nearly 1 GW.

The data centre will be air-cooled to limit the strain on local water supplies, and Google said it will also invest in water replenishment. "We will pay for 100% of the power we use," the company wrote. It also said it will cover the cost of infrastructure needed directly because of its growth. Google expects the campus to bring hundreds of millions of dollars in property taxes to Laramie County and its school district. It said it has met more than 200 residents and is setting up a community council with its partners.

The Ballot Box Backdrop

Google announced the plan days after this week's US midterm elections, in which voters turned against data centres. According to Ballotpedia figures cited by Reuters, all but one of 41 data centre-related ballot measures went against the projects. Wyoming has been friendlier ground: Donald Trump won more than 70% of the state's vote in the 2024 presidential election, Reuters noted. Bloom Energy's shares fell more than 14% on Thursday, Reuters reported, as investors worried that new restrictions could hit the industry.

Google's post gave no dates for starting construction or opening the campus. Crusoe said its handover leaves the project ready to move into construction and, eventually, operation.