Crusoe claimed it “paused” a plan to build a Wyoming data center after it failed to win customers including…

• Crusoe "paused" development of Wyoming data center
• Pressure from Google likely contributed to the halt on development
• Other development partners will likely seek to buy out Crusoe's interest in the site

Crusoe has “paused” a data center development plan after key customers such as Google raised concerns over cost and construction time.

Bloomberg reporting, citing people familiar with the matter, claims Crusoe was set to build a datacenter in Cheyenne, Wyoming, that would have a peak consumption of 1.8GW - enough to power Denver.

“At the request of our customer, Crusoe has paused its development activities,” the company said in a statement.

Crusoe’s interest likely to be bought out

The planned data center development had also seen interest from energy utility Black Hills Corp., who have also announced that the development of the data center would be moving forward without Crusoe.

But in a statement to Bloomberg, a Crusoe...

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