Power purchase agreement allows up to 391 MW
Company: Core Scientific
The claim, verbatim
The power purchase agreement allows up to 391 megawatts with no curtailment mechanism when electricity prices spike
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: “The power purchase agreement allows up to 391 megawatts with no "dimmer switch" to cut power usage when electricity prices spike.”
How we checked this
Checked on September 27, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The article states that the power purchase agreement allows up to 391 megawatts with no 'dimmer switch' to cut usage during price spikes. 'No curtailment mechanism' is a fair paraphrase of that.
Confirmed in the source:
- The power purchase agreement allows up to 391 megawatts
- The agreement has no 'dimmer switch' to cut power usage when electricity prices spike
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: “The power purchase agreement allows up to 391 megawatts with no "dimmer switch" to cut power usage when electricity prices spike.”