Updated
Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 10
Crusoe Pauses 1.8-Gigawatt Wyoming Data Center at Customer Request as Contracts Near 5 Gigawatts
Updated
Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 10

Crusoe Pauses 1.8-Gigawatt Wyoming Data Center at Customer Request as Contracts Near 5 Gigawatts

3 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 10

Summary

  • Crusoe halted development work on a 1.8-gigawatt data center campus in Cheyenne, Wyoming, after an undisclosed customer asked it to pause the project.
  • The site was being developed with Blackstone-backed energy company Tallgrass, making the pause a setback for one of Crusoe's larger announced campus efforts.
  • Crusoe said the slowdown does not reflect its broader pipeline, adding that it holds contracts for almost 5 gigawatts of data center capacity.
  • The company develops data centers for major AI and cloud customers including OpenAI and Microsoft, underscoring continued demand even as individual projects can stall.

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