Cully Cavness

Co-Founder, President and Chief Strategy Officer, Crusoe

Search every verified Cully Cavness interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Cully Cavness, co-founder and president of Crusoe, announced a partnership with Aalo Atomics at Idaho National Laboratory to deploy the first nuclear-powered AI data center. He described the collaboration as aiming to demonstrate that modular nuclear reactors and AI data centers can operate together commercially and scale in 50 MW increments by the end of 2029. Cavness emphasized Crusoe's experience deploying over 400 modular data centers, including in oil fields using wasted natural gas, and introduced Crusoe Spark, a modular AI data center manufactured in Colorado. Cavness stated that the AI industry needs firm, reliable, affordable, clean power quickly, and identified nuclear as a key potential solution. He attributed Crusoe's choice of Aalo Atomics as a partner to the team's speed and execution, noting that Crusoe's core values include bending the arc of energy toward sustainability and moving fast to make things. He also highlighted the job creation potential of AI manufacturing, noting that Crusoe's Colorado factory has already hired 50 full-time employees.