Core Scientific leased 31 acres for bitcoin mining in 2021
Company: Core Scientific
What the later record shows
Not a promise: a reported event · happened December 31, 2021
The claim describes a lease Core Scientific had already entered into in 2021; it is a past event, not a commitment. Only the year is given, so the date is set to year-end.
Checked October 10, 2026 against filings, releases and reporting published after the claim was made. Quotes are verbatim from the linked documents.
The claim, verbatim
Core Scientific originally leased 31 acres for a bitcoin mining operation in 2021
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: “Core Scientific originally leased 31 acres for a bitcoin mining operation in 2021”
How we checked this
Checked on October 12, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The article states Core Scientific originally leased 31 acres for a bitcoin mining operation in 2021.
Confirmed in the source:
- Core Scientific originally leased 31 acres in Denton
- The lease was for a bitcoin mining operation
- The original lease was in 2021
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: “Core Scientific originally leased 31 acres for a bitcoin mining operation in 2021”