Core Scientific Denton (CoreWeave)

AI data center in Denton, Texas, operated by CoreWeave.

A former bitcoin-mining site in Denton, Texas converted by Core Scientific into high-density AI halls for CoreWeave. The WSJ reported the capacity is rented to OpenAI.

Live power
262MW 4 Epoch AI estimate, as of 2026-09-01
Planned power
395MW 1 Epoch AI estimate
Status
Operational First power 2025
Accelerators
— No audited count published

Power: what each source says

Core Scientific Q2 2026: campus operational by mid-2026. Epoch AI estimates 262 MW IT / 367 MW facility as of 2026-09-01, ~282 MW IT / 395 MW facility after a further hall due 2027-05 (TDLR filing; estimate).

Figures labelled Epoch AI are estimates from satellite imagery, permits and filings. Company figures come from the operator, owner or its filings. IT power is what the servers draw; in Epoch AI’s figures for these campuses it runs about 15–35% below total facility power.

Tenants

Part reported CoreWeave; OpenAI (reported by WSJ)

“Reported” means a press outlet or Epoch AI named the tenant and neither the operator nor the tenant has confirmed it. The outlet is named in brackets and listed under sources.

Campus facts

Operator
CoreWeave 1
Owner / developer
Core Scientific 1
City
Denton 1
State / region
Texas 1
Country
United States 1
First power
2025 1
Chips
NVIDIA Blackwell (Epoch AI) 1
GPUs / accelerators
Not published
Cooling
Not published
Power source
grid (ERCOT) 1
Coordinates
33.21° N, 97.13° W (town level)
Verified

Sources

  1. Core Scientific: Denton, Texas accessed 2026-11-09
  2. Core Scientific and CoreWeave announce $1.2B Denton expansion accessed 2026-11-09
  3. WSJ: CoreWeave plans to rent to OpenAI accessed 2026-11-09
  4. Epoch AI, AI data centers dataset (CC-BY 4.0, updated 2026-11-06) (licence: CC BY 4.0) accessed 2026-11-09