Denton, Texas HPC data center expansion
Company: Core Scientific - Project: Denton
The claim, verbatim
Company approved approximately 100 MW gross capacity expansion (approximately 70 MW critical IT load) at Denton, Texas HPC data center and is responsible for funding $104 million in capex for this expansion
Source (primary)
Fourth Quarter Fiscal Year 2024 Earnings Presentation (IR page (investors.corescientific.com), ir_presentation)
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Quote: “Approved for ~100 MW gross capacity / ~70 MW critical IT load expansion at Denton, TX HPC data center... For the additional 70MW expansion, Core Scientific is responsible for funding $104 million of capex ($1.5M per MW) for the powered core and shell”
How we checked this
Checked on October 10, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The presentation states the Denton expansion approval. It also says Core Scientific must fund $104 million ($1.5 million per MW) for the powered core and shell of the 70 MW expansion, with no capex credit from CoreWeave.
Confirmed in the source:
- The company was approved for an expansion of about 100 MW gross capacity (about 70 MW critical IT load) at its Denton, Texas HPC data center
- The company is responsible for funding $104 million of capex for the additional 70 MW expansion
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: “Approved for ~100 MW gross capacity / ~70 MW critical IT load expansion at Denton, TX HPC data center... For the additional 70MW expansion, Core Scientific is responsible for funding $104 million of capex ($1.5M per MW) for the powered core and shell”