Core Scientific seeks to lease additional land from DME for expansion
Company: Core Scientific - Project: Denton
The claim, verbatim
Core Scientific has approached Denton Municipal Electric about leasing more public land to expand its operations south of its current facility
Source (primary)
Denton holds first hearing on a data center moratorium as Core Scientific eyes more land - Denton Record-Chronicle (-, news_article)
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Quote: “has approached Denton Municipal Electric about leasing more public land to expand its operations south of its current facility”
How we checked this
Checked on September 27, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The article states that Core Scientific approached Denton Municipal Electric about leasing more public land to expand south of its current facility. A DME official added that the company did not say what the land is for.
Confirmed in the source:
- Core Scientific has approached Denton Municipal Electric about leasing more public land
- The purpose stated is to expand its operations south of its current facility
What we did: Read our cached copy of the publisher (https://dentonrc.com/news/denton/denton-holds-first-hearing-on-a-data-center-moratorium-as-core-scientific-eyes-more-land/article_b95e5377-e31a-4338-b16c-eda8437a8130.html) in full (29,185 characters, retrieved September 24, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Denton holds first hearing on a data center moratorium as Core Scientific eyes more land - Denton Record-Chronicle
Quote: “has approached Denton Municipal Electric about leasing more public land to expand its operations south of its current facility”