Crusoe said on November 6, 2026, that Google had acquired its southeast Wyoming project site, completing Crusoe’s pre-development role. Google had announced the planned data center the day before, describing it as its first in Wyoming and outlining a long-term investment of $17 billion. Crusoe’s announcement covers the site acquisition; Google’s project announcement describes the planned facility and its investment. WyoFile places the site near Terry Ranch Road in Laramie County, southeast Wyoming (local reporting).

A site transfer marks a change in who holds the project site; the power figures describe different parts of the supply plan, not one like-for-like capacity total.

How the planned power supply is structured

Google’s first announced power development is a planned 702-megawatt fuel-cell project using natural gas and carbon capture and storage (CCS). Google says the project is contracted with American Electric Power (AEP) and identifies Bloom Energy as the fuel-cell manufacturer. The 702 MW figure belongs to this planned development. (Google)

Black Hills’ agreements describe additional parts of the planned power arrangement. The company plans to invest $1.8 billion from 2027 to 2029 in 564 MW of company-owned natural-gas generation at its existing Cheyenne Prairie Generating Station. It also describes up to 590 MW of grid-connected service: 564 MW from that planned generation and 26 MW from market purchases and retail utility service. (Black Hills)

Separately, Black Hills says it will manage about 2.1 GW of Wyoming-based, third-party contracted resources through a privately managed microgrid. Its 2.7 GW total resource mix includes reserve margins. Those figures describe distinct roles and scopes: planned generation, grid-connected service, managed resources and the overall mix. Black Hills planned to begin service in late 2027, with the customer’s load ramping to peak in 2030; its agreements run through 2048.

What the agreements say about customer costs

Google says it will pay for all the power it uses and for infrastructure needs directly caused by its growth. Black Hills describes cost pass-through mechanisms, recovery of its generation investment over the contract term, early-termination protections and collateral or financial-assurance requirements in its agreements. These are the companies’ stated commitments and contract provisions. (Google; Black Hills)

Cooling, carbon storage and local engagement

Google says the data center will use air cooling and that it is investing in local water-replenishment efforts. Its plan calls for a large majority of emissions from the fuel-cell project to be stored permanently underground at Tallgrass Energy’s nearby Eastern Wyoming Sequestration Hub. Google also says it and its partners are establishing a Community Council to address the local effects of data-center growth. These are planned measures and company commitments. (Google)

Google forecasts hundreds of millions of dollars in property taxes for Laramie County and School District 1.