Meta Buys 1.6 GW from Crusoe Data Centers

What did Meta just agree to with Crusoe?

Meta Platforms has contracted to buy approximately 1.6 gigawatts of AI computing capacity from Crusoe, a vertically integrated AI infrastructure provider. Bloomberg reported the deal on June 18, 2026, citing people familiar with the matter who requested anonymity because the discussions are private.

The capacity is split across two Crusoe data center locations: Childress, Texas and Warrenton, Missouri. Bloomberg via Investing.com did not disclose the financial terms or the timeline for when the computing capacity will be delivered.

How big is 1.6 gigawatts of computing power?

One gigawatt can power up to 750,000 US homes at any given time, according to the Bloomberg report. Meta's 1.6 GW combined purchase across both sites is a large block of capacity by any measure.

The financial terms of the agreements were not immediately clear, and neither was the delivery schedule.

What is Crusoe, and what has it been building?

Crusoe is a vertically integrated AI infrastructure provider on a mission to align computing with climate goals. It builds AI-optimized data centers powered by large-scale clean energy.

The company has been rapidly expanding. Its most prominent project is an AI data center campus at the Lancium Clean Campus in Abilene, Texas. In March 2025, Crusoe announced construction had begun on a second phase there — six additional buildings on top of the original two, bringing the total to eight buildings, roughly 4 million square feet, and 1.2 gigawatts of power capacity.

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That second phase is expected to be completed in mid-2026.

What are the specs of the Abilene campus?

Here is a snapshot of the Abilene campus build-out, based on Crusoe's March 2025 announcement:

Each building is designed to operate up to 50,000 NVIDIA GB200 NVL72s on a single integrated network fabric.

How does Crusoe handle power and cooling at this scale?

The Abilene campus uses a zero-water evaporation cooling system. It continuously recirculates water through a closed-loop, direct-to-chip liquid cooling setup. Natural gas turbines handle backup power.

On the energy side, Lancium — Crusoe's campus partner — pairs large-scale behind-the-meter battery storage and solar resources with the grid interconnect. The campus also draws on nearby wind resources. Lancium's CEO Michael McNamara said the model is designed to "transform large loads from potential risks to robust grid assets."

Who else is involved in the Abilene project?

Lancium, headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, owns and operates the Lancium Clean Campus. It handles land acquisition, grid interconnect, site engineering, renewables interconnect, and power orchestration for the site.

NVIDIA is also tied in. Shar Narasimhan, director of data center GPUs and AI at NVIDIA, said the company's accelerated computing platform is integrated into Crusoe's AI data center design.

The Development Corporation of Abilene previously estimated the direct and indirect economic impact of the initial phase at roughly $1 billion over 20 years.

How large is Crusoe's total footprint now?

As of the March 2025 announcement, Crusoe's total data center footprint was set to exceed 1.6 GW under operations and construction, with an additional pipeline exceeding 10 GW in development.

By March 2026, Crusoe announced a new 900 MW AI factory campus in Abilene to support Microsoft AI infrastructure. And by June 2026, Crusoe's contracted AI infrastructure capacity was approaching 5 gigawatts across data centers and cloud, per the company's own newsroom.

Here's what we know so far: Crusoe has moved from a single campus announcement to multi-gigawatt contracted capacity in roughly 15 months — and the Meta deal adds another major hyperscaler to its customer list alongside Microsoft.

For context on how hyperscalers are spending on AI infrastructure, this deal fits a broader pattern of large companies locking in dedicated capacity rather than relying solely on shared cloud. Meta's AI capex commitments have been climbing, and deals like this one reflect that direction. Builders tracking AI safety and deployment decisions will note that infrastructure scale is increasingly a prerequisite for frontier model work.

The confirmed next milestone from Crusoe's own reporting: the Abilene Phase 2 expansion — six buildings, 1.2 GW total — is expected to be completed in mid-2026.