Hunt site 431 MW planned capacity conditional base-load status
Company: Core Scientific - Project: Hunt County
The claim, verbatim
Planned 431 MW capacity at Hunt site received conditional base-load status under pathway for advancing large loads, with construction commenced following stability study approval and collateral posting
Source (primary)
Core Scientific Gets Conditional ERCOT Status for 1 GW at Texas Sites - theminermag.com (-, news_article)
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Quote: “The planned 431-megawatt Hunt site received conditional base-load status under the pathway for advancing large loads. Core Scientific said it and its utility partner had completed the required interconnection studies, secured ERCOT approval of a stability study, posted financial collateral, ordered equipment with long delivery times and begun construction.”
How we checked this
Checked on September 20, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The document states the 431 MW Hunt site got conditional base-load status and that construction began after the stability study approval and collateral posting.
Confirmed in the source:
- Hunt site's planned 431 MW capacity received conditional base-load status under the pathway for advancing large loads
- Construction has begun at Hunt following completed interconnection studies, ERCOT stability study approval, and financial collateral posting
What we did: Read our cached copy of the publisher (https://theminermag.com/news/market-news/core-scientific-ercot-power-texas-ai-data-centers) in full (4,919 characters, retrieved September 11, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Core Scientific Gets Conditional ERCOT Status for 1 GW at Texas Sites - theminermag.com
Quote: “The planned 431-megawatt Hunt site received conditional base-load status under the pathway for advancing large loads. Core Scientific said it and its utility partner had completed the required interconnection studies, secured ERCOT approval of a stability study, posted financial collateral, ordered equipment with long delivery times and begun construction.”