Instead of bringing electricity to AI data centers, bring AI data centers to the electricity. Crusoe CEO @ChaseLochmiller explains why Crusoe is expanding into Iceland, Norway, and Paraguay: "Paraguay, Iceland, Norway have a common thread, which is they're energy abundant. Access to low-cost, abundant, clean energy is really what drew us to all three." "Instead of trying to build where the existing data center hubs are, like Northern Virginia, our goal has always been to activate megawatts for intelligence by taking this energy-first approach." "Aluminum smelters would ship raw aluminum ore across the ocean to Iceland, do the smelting there, and ship the finished products elsewhere. AI data centers are a way better manifestation of that trade." "You move data across subsea cables, run…Read original on X
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Crusoe builds AI data centers where clean, low-cost energy is abundant
Siting compute near cheap clean power in Iceland, Norway, and Paraguay reverses the usual approach of bringing power to data centers.
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Crusoe builds AI data centers where clean, low-cost energy is abundant
Crusoe builds AI data centers where clean, low-cost energy is abundant
Crusoe moves AI data centers to Iceland, Norway, and Paraguay
Crusoe expands AI data centers to Iceland, Norway, and Paraguay
Crusoe expands AI data centers to Iceland, Norway, and Paraguay
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