Chase Lochmiller, Crusoe | Robotics & AI Infrastructure Leaders
AI Summary
In this interview on theCUBE studios during Robotics and AI Leaders event, Chase Lochmiller, CEO of Crusoe, discusses the company’s pioneering work at the intersection of energy and AI computing infrastructure. Crusoe takes an energy-first approach to building large-scale AI data centers, focusing on leveraging underutilized renewable energy resources like wind in places such as Abilene, Texas, to power gigawatt-scale AI facilities. These “AI factories” are distinguished from traditional data centers by much higher computing density and innovative liquid cooling systems to manage heat. Crusoe is vertically integrated, building both physical data centers and the software stacks to operate them efficiently. Lochmiller highlights the historic importance of AI infrastructure scaling driven by massive energy demand, the accelerated speed of innovation, and geopolitical factors such as data sovereignty influencing where AI facilities are built globally. He concludes with optimism about the transformative economic and societal impact of AI advancements and Crusoe’s role in enabling this future.