Google is taking direct control of a southeast Wyoming data center site that Crusoe had been preparing, the AI infrastructure company said Friday. The handoff lands one day after Google described a long-term $17 billion plan for its first data center in the state.

Crusoe did not disclose the purchase price. In a statement, it said the deal closes out its pre-development work on the Wyoming project—site selection, governmental approvals, and a hybrid power strategy shaped with Tallgrass Energy. Chase Lochmiller, Crusoe’s co-founder and CEO, said Crusoe’s pre-construction efforts (origination, entitlement, and de-risking) “have set up the Wyoming project for construction and eventual operation.”

Google’s Thursday post put the campus in Laramie County and named Tallgrass Energy, Black Hills Energy, American Electric Power (AEP), and Related Digital as partners. Steve Walter, Google’s VP of global infrastructure and energy, framed the spend as a long-term bet on local jobs, power, and community programs.…