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AI data center construction cost

Company: Core Scientific

Subject kind
guidance
Statement date
2026-07-28
Promised amount
11.5 million USD/MW
Current status
stated

The claim, verbatim

Fully delivered AI data center capacity expected to cost approximately $11 million to $12 million per megawatt

Source (primary)

Core Scientific Doubles AI Capacity to 1.1 GW in $14B AMD Deal (-, news_article)
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Quote: “fully delivered AI data center capacity is expected to cost approximately $11 million to $12 million per megawatt, including construction, electrical infrastructure, cooling systems, commissioning and utility integration”

How we checked this

Attempted on September 14, 2026. We could not read enough of the cited source to check this claim.

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What we did: Read our cached copy of the publisher (https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/deals/core-scientific-doubles-ai-capacity-to-1-1-gw-in-14b-amd-deal) in full (12,524 characters, retrieved August 31, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.

Additional evidence

confirms Core Scientific Doubles AI Capacity to 1.1 GW in $14B AMD Deal

Quote: “fully delivered AI data center capacity is expected to cost approximately $11 million to $12 million per megawatt, including construction, electrical infrastructure, cooling systems, commissioning and utility integration”

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