CRUSOE LANDS $13B AI CLOUD DEAL WITH JANE STREET

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THU, SEP 3, 2026

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Crusoe Energy has signed a roughly $13 billion cloud computing contract with trading firm Jane Street Group. The deal underscores growing demand for AI infrastructure from financial services firms.

The data center company joins a growing roster of customers including Meta Platforms and Oracle Corporation. Crusoe specializes in supplying computing power for AI workloads, operating facilities powered partly by stranded energy sources. Jane Street's investment signals how financial services firms are competing for AI computing resources to power trading algorithms and research operations. The deal represents one of the largest cloud contracts signed by Crusoe to date. Crusoe has positioned itself as an alternative to hyperscalers like Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud, emphasizing energy efficiency and specialized infrastructure for computationally intensive tasks. The company has raised significant venture funding to expand capacity amid soaring demand for GPUs and related hardware. The Jane Street contract value reflects multiyear commitments typical in enterprise cloud deals. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

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