Denton 74 MW incorporated in ERCOT transmission plan
Company: Core Scientific - Project: Denton
The claim, verbatim
74 MW awaiting energization at Denton was incorporated into and validated by ERCOT's 2025 Regional Transmission Plan study cases and is outside Batch Zero allocation
Source (primary)
Core Scientific Gets Conditional ERCOT Status for 1 GW at Texas Sites - theminermag.com (-, news_article)
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Quote: “Another 74 megawatts awaiting energization had already been incorporated into and validated by ERCOT's 2025 Regional Transmission Plan study cases and are also outside the process”
How we checked this
Checked on September 20, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The document confirms the 74 MW was validated in ERCOT's 2025 Regional Transmission Plan and falls outside Batch Zero.
Confirmed in the source:
- 74 MW awaiting energization at Denton was incorporated into and validated by ERCOT's 2025 Regional Transmission Plan study cases
- That 74 MW is outside the Batch Zero allocation process
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: “Another 74 megawatts awaiting energization had already been incorporated into and validated by ERCOT's 2025 Regional Transmission Plan study cases and are also outside the process”