Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility at Crusoe

Crusoe believes in the potential value creation and technological advancement that computing-led innovations will have to uplift human quality of life and advance human prosperity. Our ESG initiatives are focused on solving three critical problems in enabling this computing-led renaissance: 1) ensuring the computing resources are powered in a climate-aligned capacity; 2) training, enabling and pushing forward the next generation of innovators, scientists and entrepreneurs to drive the future of computing-led breakthroughs, and 3) expanding network connectivity infrastructure to many of the rural areas where we operate.

Environmental Sustainability

Crusoe’s mission is to align the future of computing with the future of the climate. We are the pioneers of clean computing infrastructure that reduces both the costs and the environmental impact of the world’s expanding digital economy. We harness stranded sources of waste energy, like flared natural gas, to power data centers that enable compute-intensive innovations in a way that reduces emissions rather than adds to them. We have a rigorous process to ensure that our Digital Flare Mitigation® (DFM) and future renewable energy projects meet high environmental standards and have a positive impact on the environment by reducing emissions from methane and enhancing the economics of renewable energy projects. We are tracking our emissions and measuring the impacts that we are having by reducing the routine flaring of natural gas through the deployment of our DFM systems.

Community Impact and Philanthropy

Crusoe believes in supporting our local communities and arming the next generation with the tools they need to unlock the potential benefits that high-performance computing can have in advancing human progress. We support programs that bring science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education to public schools and the local communities where we operate. In Denver, where we are headquartered, our support for the Denver cohort of CS for All’s Accelerator Program will introduce computer science education programs to K-12 students in the Denver Public School system. In North Dakota, where we have operations, we have provided donations to several charitable programs that support STEM education across the state including uCodeGirl and Gateway to Science.

In addition, the deployment of our data centers in primarily rural areas has required the expansion of new networking infrastructure to support high capacity and low latency connectivity. By partnering with Dakota Rural Networks to expand innovative networking solutions throughout North Dakota, local communities also benefit from the addition of fiber-based high bandwidth, low latency connectivity in the region. Crusoe also works with the Folding@Home Consortium, a distributed computing system for life-science research launched out of Stanford University, allowing researchers to remotely utilize Crusoe’s computational resources for the vaccine search and discovery process. In 2020, this included supporting the Consortium’s protein folding simulation project specifically targeting vaccines and therapeutic antibodies for COVID-19.