Crusoe Energy

September 17, 2026

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August 10, 2026

Crusoe Energy revealed the developer playbook in a presentation to state grid officials this year: local outreach typically begins only after land acquisition, contractor selection, and financing are secured.

July 25, 2026

In Nebraska, Monolith's 35 MW Crusoe-partnered facility projects 770,000 gallons annually and is proposing closed-loop cooling to satisfy the Lower Platte South NRD before a September 7 board vote.

July 12, 2026

The Abilene Stargate campus, Crusoe Energy's 1,100-acre build inside the $500 billion OpenAI-SoftBank-Oracle venture, anchors the story: an expansion application now seeks 41 turbines and 18 generators.

July 3, 2026

The Public Utility Commission of Texas staff has endorsed ERCOT's operating conditions for Crusoe Energy and Ensign Infrastructure's AI campus behind the Goodnight 1 wind farm in Armstrong County, one of the first tests of Texas's framework for colocating large loads with existing generation.

May 31, 2026

Crusoe Energy signed a $1.25 billion deal with Boom Supersonic for 29 aeroderivative gas turbines at the 1.2 GW Stargate campus in Abilene.

April 17, 2026

PROENERGY will supply 650 MW of aeroderivative turbines to Crusoe Energy for AI campuses.

April 15, 2026

Microsoft is building 900 MW of off-grid natural gas capacity in Abilene through Crusoe Energy, and Brookfield has committed $5 billion to on-site power deployment.

April 10, 2026

Meanwhile, Google's 933MW gas plant in Armstrong County, built off-grid with Crusoe Energy, shows hyperscalers aren't waiting for the queue to clear.

April 9, 2026

Google is exploring on-site gas generation at its 933 MW Goodnight campus through a Crusoe Energy partnership.

April 8, 2026

Google's 933-megawatt gas plant with Crusoe Energy in Armstrong County, its third known gas facility recently, underscores that hyperscalers are building their own generation to bypass grid constraints.

April 7, 2026

Crusoe Energy secured Laramie County, Wyoming approval for a 1.8GW campus with 10GW eventual scale, backed by Tallgrass's $7 billion, 2.7GW gas-fired power hub.

April 6, 2026

Separately, Google partnered with Crusoe Energy to build a natural gas plant directly on a Texas data center campus, a stark pivot from its 2020 pledge to run on 100% carbon-free energy by 2030.

April 2, 2026

Microsoft signed with Crusoe Energy for a 900 MW AI factory campus in Abilene, joining a regional build-out that now includes Meta's $10 billion El Paso expansion, the Stargate venture's 1.2 GW second phase, and Stream Data Centers' gigawatt-scale partnership with New Era Energy in Ector County.

March 31, 2026

Wyoming greenlit Crusoe Energy's 1.8 GW initial phase (expandable to 10 GW) in Laramie County, and the state convenes a closed-door Jackson summit April 1-2 to pitch hyperscalers on its tax-free, cold-climate, nuclear-backed advantages.

March 30, 2026

Crusoe is executing both the OpenAI and Microsoft builds, bringing the campus to ten structures and a projected 2.1 gigawatts of computing power.

March 26, 2026

Crusoe Energy announced dual storage partnerships at CERAWeek: 12 GWh from Form Energy's 100-hour iron-air batteries and a seven-fold expansion of its second-life battery deal with Redwood Materials across 20 modular data centers on Redwood's Nevada campus.

March 9, 2026

Meta is reportedly in discussions to lease the expansion space from campus operator Crusoe, with NVIDIA having paid a $150 million deposit to broker continuity, but no formal commitment exists.

March 7, 2026

Nvidia has stepped in with a reported $150 million deposit to Crusoe Energy to secure remaining Abilene capacity and is negotiating with Meta to absorb the excess, a move designed to block rival chips from occupying the infrastructure.

February 26, 2026

Aeroderivative gas turbines are crossing from niche peaking duty into core datacenter power strategy, with Boom Supersonic's 42 MW Boom Superpower unit landing Crusoe Energy as its first customer at the Stargate campus in Abilene, Texas.

February 24, 2026

Hunterbrook identified IGSA Power, a Mexico-based manufacturer with a Laredo office, as a likely second supplier, with an IGSA representative referencing "Abilene DC3, DC4, DC8" in connection with Crusoe generator orders.

February 18, 2026

Crusoe Energy Systems, developer of the 1.2 GW Stargate campus in Abilene backed by OpenAI, SoftBank, and Oracle, has filed arguments that a new ERCOT approval requirement for private power agreements could impose 180-day delays on developers with billions already committed.

February 12, 2026

Energy Vault announced a 1.5 GWh sodium-ion battery partnership with Peak Energy targeting AI datacenter operators, plus phased deployment of Crusoe's SPARK modular data centers at a grid-connected site in Snyder, Texas.

February 10, 2026

And in Abilene, Crusoe Energy's 1.2-GW Stargate Phase 1 is already online.