Auburn, Alabama HPC data center lease
Company: Core Scientific - Project: Auburn
The claim, verbatim
Company signed a lease with option to buy for an existing 11 MW data center facility in Auburn, Alabama
Source (primary)
Fourth Quarter Fiscal Year 2024 Earnings Presentation (IR page (investors.corescientific.com), ir_presentation)
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Quote: “Signed a lease (includes option to buy) for an existing data center with 11 MW of current critical IT load in Auburn, Alabama”
How we checked this
Checked on October 10, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The Q4 operational highlights state this directly. The 11 MW figure refers to critical IT load; the site's gross capacity is listed separately as 16 MW.
Confirmed in the source:
- The company signed a lease that includes an option to buy
- The lease covers an existing data center in Auburn, Alabama
- The facility has 11 MW of current critical IT load
What we did: Read our cached copy of IR page (investors.corescientific.com) (https://d1io3yog0oux5.cloudfront.net/_eb9c314ac28438fbd39d12d91c4e5bdc/corescientific/db/1066/11132/pdf/CORZ_Earnings_Presentation_Q4_2024.pdf) in full (26,814 characters, retrieved September 1, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Fourth Quarter Fiscal Year 2024 Earnings Presentation
Quote: “Signed a lease (includes option to buy) for an existing data center with 11 MW of current critical IT load in Auburn, Alabama”