Pecos TX - 300 MW planned power ERCOT approval
Company: Core Scientific - Project: Cottonwood
The claim, verbatim
Pecos, Texas data center's planned additional 300 megawatts has been conditionally approved in ERCOT Batch Zero.
Source (primary)
Core Scientific advances Texas data center power expansion - The Globe and Mail (-, news_article)
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Quote: “its existing 300 megawatts and an additional 300 megawatts have both been conditionally approved in Batch Zero”
How we checked this
Checked on September 25, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The update states that an additional 300 megawatts in Pecos was conditionally approved in Batch Zero, which the article places within ERCOT's allocation review.
Confirmed in the source:
- Core Scientific's Pecos, Texas site has an additional 300 megawatts beyond its existing capacity
- That additional 300 megawatts has been conditionally approved in ERCOT's Batch Zero process
What we did: Read our cached copy of the publisher (https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/markets/stocks/CORZ/pressreleases/4555308/core-scientific-advances-texas-data-center-power-expansion/) in full (5,946 characters, retrieved September 20, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Core Scientific advances Texas data center power expansion - The Globe and Mail
Quote: “its existing 300 megawatts and an additional 300 megawatts have both been conditionally approved in Batch Zero”