Microsoft confirms 900MW AI capacity at Crusoe, Texas campus by mid-2027
Crusoe announced Friday that it will support Microsoft by setting up a new 900 megawatt AI factory campus in Abilene, Texas, where hyperscalers will expand one of the largest AI infrastructure centers in the US and compete to ensure power and data center capacity for next-generation AI workloads.
The new campus sits adjacent to Crusoe's existing Abilene infrastructure and includes two buildings and a power plant designed to support grid resilience. Crusoe said the addition will bring the site's total project capacity to 2.1 gigawatts, with ground clearance underway and the first building expected to be powered by mid-2027.
The move builds on Crusoe's former Abilene expansion. In the year By March 2025, the company said it was expanding its campus to 1.2 gigawatts in eight buildings, with the second phase expected to be completed by 2026. Crusoe described the initial construction of the first Abilene phase of 200 megawatts as one of the largest AI infrastructure projects in the country.
The announcement comes days after Microsoft agreed to lease a large data center from Crusoe in Abilene, Texas, which was originally planned for Oracle and OpenAI. The leased capacity is around 700 megawatts and the site sits adjacent to the Stargate campus, demonstrating how quickly tenants and building plans can change in the AI infrastructure race.
That background matters, as Abilene has emerged as a strategic AI-building zone. Recent coverage has tied the area to Stargate-related expansion efforts, while Crusoe continues its own campus development and manufacturing push.
Crusoe said earlier this month that a manufacturing facility for modular AI factories is under construction, with power being the main bottleneck, and how developers can standardize and speed up the deployment process.
Crusoe said the new Abilene campus was designed around energy efficiency first. It features 900 MW of behind-the-metro online generation, battery storage, ultra-high-density computing capacity and closed-loop non-evaporative cooling.
The company said the project is expected to create thousands of construction jobs and hundreds of permanent roles.
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