Meta Strikes New AI Computing Deals With Data Center Firm Crusoe

Meta Platforms Inc. has secured new agreements to get AI computing power from data center developer Crusoe, bolstering the infrastructure it needs to support an ambitious artificial intelligence expansion.

Meta is under contract to buy computing capacity from Crusoe at two data centers, according to people familiar with the situation. Those operations are located in Childress, Texas, and Warrenton, Missouri, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the discussions are private.

Meta is set to get roughly 1.6 gigawatts of capacity combined across the two sites, some of the people said. A single gigawatt is enough ...