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Crusoe raises $3.9 billion in series F round co-led by Atreides Management, Mubadala Capital and Valor Equity Partners
Crusoe closed a $3.9 billion Series F at a $30.9 billion valuation. The raise comes just ten months after its last funding and follows a five-year, $13 billion cloud contract with Jane Street.
Crusoe, the data center developer specializing in AI infrastructure, closed a $3.9 billion Series F round that values the company at $30.9 billion. The raise, co-led by Atreides Management, Mubadala Capital, and Valor Equity Partners, signals heavy investor conviction that controlling the full AI stack - from power generation to computing output - will command a premium as hyperscale demand strains energy grids and construction timelines.
Other participants in the round included Founders Fund, GIC, Nvidia, Qatar Investment Authority, Radical Ventures, and TPG. The company simultaneously added three directors to its board: Cloudflare CFO Thomas Seifert, Primary Digital Infrastructure's Bill Stein, and Redwood Materials founder JB Straubel, an early Crusoe investor who also sits on Tesla's board.
Where the capital is going
The funding supports ongoing data center projects, most notably a large-scale site in Abilene, Texas, that serves OpenAI. It also finances expansion of Crusoe's modular "Spark" data centers. These units are factory-built for rapid deployment, transported to sites, and connected to power sources without requiring large construction crews. The modular approach can shorten timelines and, in some cases, reduce the local friction that often accompanies large fixed-facility builds.
A revenue model built on three legs
Crusoe generates income by leasing data center space, renting its own GPUs, and selling AI inference compute. That blended model recently helped the company secure a five-year, $13 billion cloud contract with trading firm Jane Street. Co-founder and CEO Chase Lochmiller described the strategy as controlling AI infrastructure end-to-end, from power generation to computing output, adding that he expects AI to drive broader economic abundance.
The company's customer list includes Meta, Microsoft, and Oracle. The latest round arrives just ten months after Crusoe raised $1.38 billion at a $10 billion valuation, and follows reports that the firm has met with investment banks including Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley to explore a potential initial public offering.
Why this matters for finance, operations, real estate, and construction professionals
Crusoe's modular "Spark" data centers represent a shift in how AI infrastructure gets built - moving from years-long, fixed-site construction toward manufactured, transportable capacity. For real estate and construction teams, that changes site selection criteria, permitting timelines, and labor demand. On the finance and operations side, the $13 billion Jane Street contract shows how AI compute is becoming a material line item for non-tech enterprises, with pricing and capacity commitments that rival traditional cloud agreements. Understanding these deal structures and deployment models will matter as more firms negotiate direct infrastructure access rather than buying off-the-shelf cloud services.