$200M Brighton Facility Will Make Modular Data Centers
A Denver-based artificial intelligence infrastructure developer is establishing a 352K SF advanced manufacturing facility in Brighton to launch modular AI factories.
Crusoe announced it would invest more than $200M to bring the facility to Brighton, which is expected to create around 200 local jobs. The facility, which will be located at 22600 E. I-76 Frontage Road, will manufacture a turnkey, prefabricated modular data center called the Crusoe Spark.
Each modular factory includes power, cooling, remote monitoring, fire suppression and high-density racks, which can be used individually or grouped together, according to Crusoe. The data centers are scalable from small kilowatt uses to larger megawatt demands.
The company aims to deliver the first units in the third quarter of this year.
A 2026 JLL report on data centers projects that annual global sales of modular systems and micro-data centers will reach $48B by 2030, up from $11B last year.
In addition to modular data centers, Crusoe is a partner on OpenAI’s $500B Stargate project, which includes hyperscale data centers in Abilene, Texas, New Mexico and Ohio.
The company acquired Arvada-based Easter-Owens, a modular data center builder, in 2022 and established a vertically integrated production operation for its modular products, like the Spark units, and electrical systems for data centers, according to the Denver Business Journal.
Across Colorado, Louisiana and Oklahoma, more than 500 people work in Crusoe’s vertically integrated manufacturing footprint.
Crusoe’s announcement of the facility in Brighton comes after Denver officials said the city is planning to vote on a moratorium on new data centers.
Colorado state legislators are also divided over how to regulate data centers, with two opposing bills currently under consideration this session. One bill would offer tax cuts to data centers, while the other would impose strict energy regulations.
