{"id":1004722363,"date":"2024-07-22T03:52:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T11:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004722363"},"modified":"2024-07-22T05:52:12","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T13:52:12","slug":"crusoe-to-build-ai-data-center-in-north-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/crusoe-to-build-ai-data-center-in-north-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"Crusoe Builds AI Data Center in North Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2024\/07\/Crusoe-cloud-modular-data-center.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1067\" height=\"800\" data-attachment-id=\"1004722402\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/crusoe-cloud-modular-data-center-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2024\/07\/Crusoe-cloud-modular-data-center-edited.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1067,800\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1697023012&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Crusoe cloud modular data center\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Picture of a cloud modular data center.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Crusoe uses modular data centers for cloud computing. Image courtesy of Crusoe&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2024\/07\/Crusoe-cloud-modular-data-center-edited.jpg?w=1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2024\/07\/Crusoe-cloud-modular-data-center-edited.jpg\" alt=\"Crusoe modular data center\" class=\"wp-image-1004722402\" style=\"width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2024\/07\/Crusoe-cloud-modular-data-center-edited.jpg 1067w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2024\/07\/Crusoe-cloud-modular-data-center-edited.jpg?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2024\/07\/Crusoe-cloud-modular-data-center-edited.jpg?resize=768,576 768w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2024\/07\/Crusoe-cloud-modular-data-center-edited.jpg?resize=1024,768 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1067px) 100vw, 1067px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Crusoe uses modular data centers for cloud computing. <em>Image courtesy of Crusoe<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Crusoe Energy Systems LLC is developing a 200 MW data center at the Lancium Clean Campus outside Abilene, Texas. The facility is expected to be energized in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the first phase of Crusoe\u2019s development at the Lancium campus, which will eventually expand to enable AI workloads across 1.2 GW of capacity. That reportedly would make the site one of the world\u2019s largest data center campuses once fully operational.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Lancium spokesperson confirmed to <em>Commercial Property Executive<\/em> that financials on the development are not being disclosed. The project is being described only as \u201ca multibillion-dollar investment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>READ ALSO:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/more-data-centers-please\/\">More Data Centers, Please!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The purpose-built data center will include high-density data halls specially designed for AI workloads; plans also call for the use of local renewable energy. The facilities will feature direct-to-chip liquid cooling systems or rear-door heat exchangers, but air cooling could also be included.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At completion, each unit will be able to operate up to 100,000 GPUs on a single integrated network grid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-from-bitcoin-mining-to-ai-computing\">From bitcoin mining to AI computing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Abilene Clean Campus totals 1,100 acres and currently has 200 MW of data center power capacity, with a total of 1,000 MW to be energized by 2025. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The property initially was set to be a bitcoin farm to operate on 800 acres located around Spinks Road and Summerhill Road. In 2021, the city of Abilene partnered with Lancium in what was, at the time, the largest project in Taylor County&#8217;s history. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lancium\u2019s projected investment in real property improvements totaled approximately $2.4 billion, according to <em>Data Center Dynamics<\/em>. The firm broke ground on the campus at the end of 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for Crusoe, the firm started to switch its main focus from mining cryptocurrencies to developing data center buildings late last year, <em>DCD<\/em> also reported. Established in 2018, the company initially delivered containerized data centers to oil wells in the U.S. and later extended its services to HPC and AI through its Crusoe Cloud division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-power-enough\">Power enough?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the well-publicized travails of Texas public utilities, the state remains a hub of data center construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just weeks ago, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/stream-data-centers-builds-400m-campus-in-san-antonio\/\">Stream Data Centers broke ground<\/a> on its third project in metro San Antonio, a five-building, 1.5 million-square-foot, 200 MW development. The initial building is scheduled to come online in the second quarter of 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And in May, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/powerhouse-harrison-street-eye-dfw-data-center\/\">joint venture of PowerHouse and Harrison Street acquired<\/a> a 50-acre site in Irving, Texas, where the companies plan to build an almost 1 million-square-foot, 200 MW data center campus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This project marks a major addition at Lancium\u2019s Clean Campus near Abilene.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":882,"featured_media":1004722402,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21755,21782,21742,51973],"tags":[42890],"class_list":["post-1004722363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-data-centers","category-development","category-latest","category-southwest","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - 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