Google has acquired Crusoe’s data center site in southeast Wyoming, completing the developer’s early-stage role in the project. The November 6 announcement brings a change in site ownership alongside Google’s newly announced long-term investment in its first Wyoming data center.
In its transaction update, Crusoe said its engagement covered selecting the site, work on governmental approvals and planning the power supply. The company described those preparations as positioning the project for construction and eventual operation. Its announcement did not disclose an acquisition price.
A day earlier, Google announced a $17 billion investment and identified Laramie County as the location benefiting from the development. It named Tallgrass Energy, Black Hills Energy, American Electric Power and Related Digital as partners. That investment commitment should be distinguished from the undisclosed consideration for the site purchase.
Power supply has its own projects and timetable
One major component is a planned 702-megawatt fuel-cell generation facility near Cheyenne. AEP’s October 14 announcement describes an approximately $4 billion project supplying Google under a 20-year power purchase agreement. AEP said the facility, using Bloom Energy technology, was expected to be fully operational by the end of 2028. That forecast concerns the power facility, rather than establishing the opening date for the data center.
Google also says it will source electricity from gas generators operated by Tallgrass and Black Hills Energy. Its carbon-capture plans have different stages: the fuel-cell development is contracted to include capture and storage, while fitting Tallgrass’s combined-cycle turbines with capture technology is being evaluated through an engineering study.
The planned Wyoming data center will use air cooling, according to Google. Its power and cooling descriptions are commitments for the development, not evidence that the campus is already operating with those systems.
Earlier capacity ambitions remain planning context
The original July 2025 Crusoe–Tallgrass announcement described a 1.8-gigawatt campus designed to scale to 10 gigawatts. Those figures expressed the project envisioned at the time. They do not establish completed computing capacity, and the 702-megawatt generation project represents a different measurement.
The end of Crusoe’s Wyoming pre-development role leaves another Google relationship in place. Its November 6 update says it remains the developer of Google’s campus under construction in Armstrong County, outside Amarillo, Texas.
