Meta signs new AI computing deals with data-centre firm Crusoe
Meta has signed new deals to draw computing power from Crusoe, the data-centre developer, adding to the vast and growing pile of infrastructure the company is assembling for its AI ambitions. The agreements cover two sites, in Childress, Texas, and Warrenton, Missouri, and will give Meta roughly 1.6 gigawatts of capacity between them, according to a Bloomberg report citing people familiar with the matter.
The figure is the part to dwell on. A gigawatt is the rough output of a large power station, and 1.6 of them dedicated to a single company’s computing needs is a measure of how the unit of AI ambition has shifted from chips to electricity. Meta is no longer just buying servers; it is contracting for power at the scale of national grid planning, and doing so across multiple developers at once.
Crusoe is the counterparty of the moment. Founded in 2018, the company specialises...
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