Crusoe Raises $1.38B, Expands AI Infrastructure Leadership with New Cloud Contract and Global Growth
September 17, 2026
Crusoe recently secured a roughly $13 billion, five-year cloud contract with Jane Street to supply GPUs and AI infrastructure, highlighting strong demand for its offerings.
OpenAI trained Astra at Crusoe’s Abilene campus, and the Spark modular data centers promise faster deployment and lower costs by replacing traditional, years-long construction with weeks-long assembly.
Crusoe presents itself as a leading AI infrastructure player focused on enabling AI-driven abundance by owning and controlling power, data-center assets, GPUs, and tokens within a vertically integrated platform.
Investors emphasize the structural advantages of Crusoe’s end-to-end ownership of its value chain and its leadership in AI infrastructure.
Executives reiterate that AI-driven abundance stems from vertical integration and full ownership of the infrastructure stack.
The latest fundraising comes on the heels of a roughly $1.38 billion round at a $10 billion valuation about ten months earlier, underscoring rapid capital infusions as Crusoe scales.
Proceeds will finance ongoing data-center projects, including the Abilene, Texas site used by OpenAI, and the rollout of modular Spark AI factories that can be trucked in and connected quickly to power.
Year-to-date bookings for Crusoe Cloud have surged, and Crusoe Managed Inference has surpassed $100 million in annual recurring revenue since late 2025, aided by MemoryAlloy tech that speeds inference.
Crusoe is expanding globally with more than 1,800 employees across five countries and new offices in Bellevue, WA, and New York City, as it scales to serve hyperscalers, AI natives, and enterprises.
The company’s business spans three revenue streams—leasing data centers, renting its GPUs, and selling compute power for AI model inference.
Crusoe has a large workforce footprint and ongoing hiring in active markets to support its expansion.
Crusoe began as a crypto-mining operation powered by flared gas in 2018 and pivoted to AI infrastructure, counting Meta, Microsoft, and Oracle among its customers.
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TechCrunch • Sep 17, 2026
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TNW | Investors-funding • Sep 17, 2026
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Investing.com • Sep 17, 2026
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