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Crusoe outlines gigawatt-scale Abilene campus and behind‑the‑meter approach for AI compute
Summary
Crusoe's business-development lead said the company plans 1.2 GW of digital infrastructure in Abilene, with 300 MW of gas generation behind the meter and solar to manage peaks, and warned labor needs will be large.
Andrew Likens described Crusoe's business model and the rapid escalation in data‑center scale demand that now requires gigawatts of IT capacity.
Likens said Crusoe brings compute to where energy exists and is building a major campus in Abilene. "What we're doing in Abilene is is building 1.2 gigawatts of of digital infrastructure," he said, and added the company plans behind‑the‑meter gas generation (300 MW) and solar to manage price spikes and curtail grid consumption when needed.
He also warned of the labor requirements to build at rapid scale: "there are we will peak at 5,000 construction workers on 1 single data center campus site... and of those, 1,000 skilled electricians are required," he said, arguing that workforce investment and clear regulatory frameworks like SB 132 will determine how quickly projects can move.
