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Meta Signs New AI Compute Deals With Crusoe, Securing About 1.6GW

June 19, 2026 at 06:20 EDT

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Meta Platforms has signed new agreements to buy AI compute capacity from data center developer Crusoe, securing a combined roughly 1.6 gigawatts (GW) across two sites in Childress, Texas, and Warrenton, Missouri, according to a report by Bloomberg News on June 18, 2026 (local time).

June 18, 2026 · Meta × Crusoe

Meta Locks In ~1.6 Gigawatts of AI Compute From Crusoe

New deals span two U.S. sites — Childress, Texas and Warrenton, Missouri — as Meta increasingly leans on specialized data-center developers to power its Llama models. Pricing, duration and GPU allocations remain undisclosed.

~1.6GW

Total capacity across two sites

750K

U.S. households' worth of power

~946K

GPUs across Crusoe's developed fleet

~9.8M

Square feet of space developed

Crusoe's claimed advantage

Vendor-stated figures — not yet independently benchmarked

1×

baseline
deployment

up to 20×

faster
deployment

Crusoe also claims up to 81% lower cost on its AI infrastructure stack.

Inside the deal

Sites

Childress, TX · Warrenton, MO

GPUs

NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 / HGX B200 · AMD MI355x / MI300x

Crusoe model

"Energy-first" developer; pivoted from gas-powered Bitcoin mining to AI in 2025

Why it matters

A welcome reinforcement of Meta's AI infrastructure as power and land become the real bottlenecks — and a sign that direct deals with specialized developers may spread.

Handle with caution

No official confirmation from Meta. Pricing, contract length and GPU allocations are undisclosed, and real-world benchmarks for Crusoe's workloads are still scarce.

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