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ENERGY: Crusoe reports 4.9GW contracted data center capacity. Crusoe Energy Systems said it has secured 4.9GW of contracted data center capacity across its AI infrastructure portfolio, despite pausing development of a planned 1.8GW campus in Cheyenne, Wyoming, at the request of an undisclosed customer. The company said its contracted capacity includes the flagship Stargate campus in Abilene, Texas, where the first two data center buildings are operational and six more are under construction, totaling 1.2GW. Crusoe also recently broke ground on a 900MW expansion of the Abilene campus for Microsoft, while OpenAI and Oracle are key partners in the broader Stargate initiative. In addition, the company has contracts for two other large campuses in Texas and one in Missouri, including a site in Claude, Texas, which local reports have linked to Google, although Crusoe declined to identify tenants.

DEVELOPMENT: AWS marks $1 billion data center investment in Mississippi. Amazon Web Services (AWS) has officially celebrated its $1 billion investment in Clinton, Mississippi, where the company is redeveloping the former Delphi manufacturing facility into a new data center campus. Roger Wehner, Vice President of Economic Development at AWS, said the company selected Clinton because of its strong local leadership and commitment to economic growth, adding that AWS will bring high-skilled jobs, workforce development programs, and long-term investment while giving new life to the former Delphi facility.

DEVELOPMENT: Harbor Farmz markets former cannabis facility for data center redevelopment. Harbor Farmz is seeking to sell its 32,850-SF marijuana processing facility in Kalamazoo, Michigan, with the goal of redeveloping the property into a data center as the cannabis market remains oversupplied. Michael Ward, Founder and CEO of Harbor Farmz, said the property's existing electrical infrastructure, industrial HVAC systems, environmental controls, security features, and scalable power capacity make it well suited for data center conversion. The site currently has 1MW of available power, with near-term expansion potential to 1.5MW and long-term capacity of up to 15MW.

PEOPLE MOVES: Cresa appoints Robert Gutman to lead data center structured finance platform. Cresa has appointed Robert Gutman as Managing Principal to lead structured finance for its national data center capital markets and advisory platform. Based in the firm's New York office, Gutman will oversee equity raising, asset- and corporate-level financing, construction and long-term debt, and investor relations consulting. Michael Morris, President of Cresa’s Data Center Capital Markets and Advisory practice, said data center development is the most capital-intensive segment of real estate and described Gutman as one of the industry's leading financing experts.

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