Pecos campus expansion to 1.5 GW
Company: Core Scientific - Project: Cottonwood
The claim, verbatim
Broader ambition announced in April to expand Pecos campus to approximately 1.5 GW gross power, compared to current 600 MW conditional approval under Batch Zero
Source (primary)
Core Scientific Gets Conditional ERCOT Status for 1 GW at Texas Sites - theminermag.com (-, news_article)
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Quote: “the company's broader ambition, announced in April, to expand the campus to about 1.5 gigawatts of gross power”
How we checked this
Checked on September 20, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The document confirms the April-announced 1.5 GW ambition and that the Pecos update covers 600 MW.
Confirmed in the source:
- Core Scientific announced in April a broader ambition to expand the Pecos campus to about 1.5 GW of gross power
- The current Pecos update covers 600 MW under Batch Zero
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 company's broader ambition, announced in April, to expand the campus to about 1.5 gigawatts of gross power”