Data center campus
Core Scientific / CoreWeave Denton HPC Campus
Core Scientific / CoreWeave Denton HPC Campus is a tracked AI data center campus in Texas, Denton. Former Core Scientific bitcoin site being converted/expanded to host CoreWeave GPU HPC under a 12-year lease (two five-year renewal options). Feb 2025 amendment added ~70 MW, bringing full critical IT load at Denton to r
Under construction · Core Scientific · Brownfield · ERCOT · Denton, Texas, United States
Capacity: announced vs energized
| Source | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contracted | 0.26 GW | 2025-02-26 | verified | sec filing |
Key facts
Lifecycle
Energized
Developer
Location
Grid
Land
Facilities tracked
Reported facts
Structured facts sourced from citations already on this record. Each fact traces to a source in the References section below.
- Location / conversion
- Former Core Scientific bitcoin site at 8171 Jim Christal Road, Denton, Texas, on City of Denton-owned land under a ground lease, being converted to CoreWeave GPU HPC hosting (Core Scientific EX-99.2, Apr 21 2026)
- Critical IT load (contracted)
- Feb 2025 amendment added 70 MW, bringing Denton full critical IT load to about 260 MW for CoreWeave. That raised CoreWeave contracted HPC with Core Scientific to about 590 MW across six sites (Core Scientific, Feb 26 2025)
- Contracted revenue (announced)
- Company said the Denton expansion brings an additional $1.2B in contracted revenue. Under that 70 MW add-on, Core Scientific funds $104M of the additional required capex ($1.5M per MW), with CoreWeave covering remaining expansion capex, plus option for two five-year renewals (Core Scientific, Feb 26 2025)
- Grid / campus scale (company)
- Apr 2026 company exhibit lists Denton at 262 MW critical IT and 394 MW total grid capacity across eight buildings (A through H) on about 64 acres for the initial HPC development (Core Scientific EX-99.2, Apr 21 2026)
- Operational status (company)
- As of the Apr 2026 exhibit, Buildings D, E, F and G (about 132 MW) were operational and billing, with substantial completion of remaining megawatts expected in H2 2026 (Core Scientific EX-99.2, Apr 21 2026)
- City lease / power access (announced)
- Denton City Council approved lease and PPA amendments that company materials say raise leased land from about 31 to about 78 acres and power access to 394 MW, with a projected $6.1B real property investment (Core Scientific via Nasdaq, lease amendments)
- Ground lease term (company)
- Denton Ground Lease initial term runs through Dec 31 2035, extendable with the PPA for up to seven additional years. Monthly rent listed at $53,949.81 with biennial CPI-U (Dallas-Fort Worth) adjustments; improvements become City of Denton property at expiration (Core Scientific EX-99.2, Apr 21 2026)
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- Announced capex
- $104M
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The deal
- offtaker
- CoreWeave, Inc. · Ticker CRWV; 12-year HPC hosting lease, $1.2B expansion value
- utility
- Denton Municipal Electric · ERCOT
- operator
- Core Scientific · Ticker CORZ; host/landlord
Power
- Power source
- grid
- Grid operator
- ERCOT
- Interconnection
Denton Municipal Electric grid supply, 0.26 GW grid interconnect, Under construction. Denton Lease Amendment for additional land and access to power
The Texas (ERCOT) grid demand right now: 59.4 GW (EIA-930, 2026-10-02 04:00).
County water status: Exceptional drought (D4) in Denton County, week of 2026-09-29 (US Drought Monitor). Data centers are large water users for cooling; this is the neutral local water picture.
Why here
Core Scientific / CoreWeave Denton HPC Campus sits on brownfield in Texas, Denton. It connects to the ERCOT grid, draws on grid power. This siting summary is composed from the record's held fields, not speculation; see methodology.
Regulatory paper trail
The filings and rules on record for this site and its jurisdiction, most recent first. Each is a sourced, dated artifact you can follow to the primary document.
Investment, workforce and specs
- Capex
- $104M source
Facilities at this campus
- Denton 1crypto hpc
Timeline
- Aug 2026party addedutility: Denton Municipal Electric
- Oct 2026Current: Under construction
Sources
- Core Scientific, Inc. Form 10-K FY2024
- Core Scientific and CoreWeave Announce $1.2 Billion Expansion at Denton, TX Site
- Core Scientific EX-99.2 (Denton campus description)
- Core Scientific Announces Approval of Lease Amendments with the City of Denton
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DEPLOY. (2026). Core Scientific / CoreWeave Denton HPC Campus: AI data center campus record. Retrieved October 2, 2026, from https://registry.deploy.report/datacenters/core-scientific-coreweave-denton-texas
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