Overview
- Crusoe said it will add a 900 megawatt AI campus next to its existing Abilene footprint to serve Microsoft.
- The plan calls for two data center buildings and an on-site power plant with 900 MW of dedicated generation, battery storage, and closed-loop liquid cooling.
- Site clearing has started and Crusoe expects the first building to be energized by mid-2027.
- The build would raise the Abilene site’s projected capacity to 2.1 gigawatts, after reports that Microsoft leased about 700 megawatts of nearby Crusoe capacity.
- Crusoe says the project will create thousands of construction jobs, hundreds of permanent roles, and add tax revenue for Abilene and Taylor County.