Crusoe named No. 3 on Fast Company’s 2026 Computing list

Crusoe was named to Fast Company’s list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies of 2026, taking the number three position in the Computing category. The company’s recognition placed it among 720 honorees across 59 sectors and regions.

Fast Company said its editorial effort reviewed thousands of submissions through a competitive application process to determine honorees. Brendan Vaughan, editor-in-chief of Fast Company, linked the list to organizations that pair ideas with measurable impact.

Crusoe described a vertically integrated model that combines energy sourcing, in-house manufacturing, data center construction, and an Artificial Intelligence (AI) cloud platform. The company also referenced an AI campus in Abilene, Texas, where it said it broke ground on a 1.2-gigawatt development and energized the first two buildings within a year.

Crusoe said it secured a 45 gigawatt power pipeline and announced the Spark Factory in Brighton, Colorado, for manufacturing Crusoe Spark modular AI factories. It also said Crusoe Cloud platform feature expansions included Managed Inference services for deploying and scaling large language models, along with Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) clusters.

“Powering the next era of human progress requires us to rethink the entire stack – from the energy source to the data centers to the cloud services,” said Chase Lochmiller, CEO and co-founder of Crusoe. “Being recognized by Fast Company validates our strategy of building the ‘AI factories’ of the future. By vertically integrating energy production, purpose-built physical infrastructure, and our high-performance AI Cloud, we are providing the essential foundation for the AI revolution.”