Denton 297 MW existing capacity conditional recognition
Company: Core Scientific - Project: Denton
The claim, verbatim
297 MW of existing power at Denton received conditional recognition as longstanding base load because facility was energized before March 25, 2022
Source (primary)
Core Scientific Gets Conditional ERCOT Status for 1 GW at Texas Sites - theminermag.com (-, news_article)
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Quote: “At Denton, 297 megawatts of existing power received conditional recognition as longstanding base load because the facility was energized before March 25, 2022.”
How we checked this
Checked on September 20, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The document confirms both the conditional base-load recognition and the pre-March 25, 2022 energization for Denton's 297 MW.
Confirmed in the source:
- 297 MW of existing power at Denton received conditional recognition as longstanding base load
- The Denton facility was energized before March 25, 2022
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: “At Denton, 297 megawatts of existing power received conditional recognition as longstanding base load because the facility was energized before March 25, 2022.”