Denton

Project of Core Scientific

Kind

datacenter

Location

8171 Jim Christal Road, Denton, TX 76207

County

Denton County

State/region

TX

Country

US

Status

operational as of September 24, 2026

Where it stands

Core Scientific converted its Denton bitcoin-mining site to HPC for CoreWeave, which leases about 260 MW there. The Q2 FY2026 deck lists Denton as substantially complete with about 260 MW billing as of mid-July 2026. The site has 297 MW of existing ERCOT-approved power, another 74 MW still to be energized, and a 391 MW utility PPA; the company has also asked about leasing more land to the south, but no new capacity has been announced for it.

260 MW in service

Assessed October 18, 2026 from the newest filings, releases and reporting that name this project (newest relied on: September 24, 2026).

Capacity

What has actually been delivered, against what has been promised. Each figure links to the statement it came from.

Who has claimed this site

Capacity commitments in the order they were announced. A commitment that ended shows why.

Claims about this project

Site intelligence

8171 Jim Christal Rd, Denton, TX 76207, USA

High

Denton County, TX

33.2198, -97.2124

Approximate address 8171 Jim Christal Rd, Denton, TX 76207, USA Reverse-geocoded from the candidate centroid; not a permit-confirmed parcel address.

Conclusion so far Operating: the site is lit at night like a running facility. · confidence 75%

Running: night-time lights at the site ran 3.14x the surrounding area (3 of 3 clear nights, 2026-09-22 to 2026-09-29); surface temperature -2.0 K against its surroundings (2 pass(es), 2026-10-06 to 2026-10-10). Based on 14 clear observation(s) from 2026-06-21 to 2026-10-19.

What would change this: Lights going dark over several clear nights.

Latest clear imagery: Google 2026-10-18 · ECOSTRESS thermal 2026-10-13 · radar 2026-10-12 · Sentinel-2 2026-10-10 · Landsat 2026-10-06 · night lights 2026-09-29 · NAIP 2022-07-03

Newest clear images174 clear image date(s)

How we located this site

60/100 (high): rooftop location 40 + 2 independent source families 20

1. Starting point (the project's stated locality) 2026-10-19
   8171 Jim Christal Road, Denton, TX 76207 → 33.21977, -97.21241 (rooftop)
2. Located from a published address 2026-10-19
   8171 Jim Christal Road, Denton, TX 76207 → 33.21977, -97.21241 (rooftop)
3. Located from a published address 2026-10-19
   8171 Jim Christal Road → 33.21977, -97.21241 (rooftop), 0.0 km from seed
4. Other possible locations 2026-10-19
   2 other location cluster(s) kept as non-public candidates
5. OpenStreetMap features nearby 2026-10-19
   0 named match(es)

Recent changes

• 2024-05-17 vs 2024-04-23: clearing or grading visible
• 2025-05-19 vs 2025-04-13: structural change (radar signal shift)
• 2025-05-04 vs 2025-03-25: vegetation recovery visible
• 2026-02-12 vs 2026-01-28: new roof or pavement visible

Satellite imagery on this page is drawn from the Google Earth satellite basemap, USDA NAIP aerial photography (~1 m/pixel), ESA Sentinel-2 multispectral (10 m, with per-date cloud masks), NASA / USGS Landsat 8/9 (30 m, plus surface temperature), ESA Sentinel-1 radar (all-weather, night), NASA ECOSTRESS thermal (~70 m), and NASA Black Marble night lights (500 m, daily). Each image is dated, labelled by source and pixel resolution, and downloadable at its native size; cloudy dates are kept and marked rather than hidden. New scenes are pulled daily as each provider publishes them.