Core Scientific Announces Approval of Lease Amendments with the City of Denton to Enable High-Performance Computing Expansion
November 20 2024 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Company growth continues in support of
high-performance compute customers
Core Scientific Inc. (Nasdaq: CORZ) (“Core Scientific” or the
“Company”), a leader in digital infrastructure for high-performance
computing and bitcoin mining, today announced the Denton City
Council’s approval of amendments to the Company’s Power Purchase
Agreements and land leases. The approval came during the Council’s
November 19 meeting.
"Denton has been home to one of our most advanced data centers,
and now we expect it will host one of the largest GPU
supercomputers in North America, powering artificial intelligence,"
said Adam Sullivan, Core Scientific CEO. "We have had a great
experience operating in Denton and are grateful for the strong
support we've received from the city staff and community members.
We look forward to continuing our partnership with the City of
Denton as we expand our infrastructure to support high-performance
computing.”
Under the original agreement, Core Scientific leased
approximately 31 acres of city-owned land and had access to 297
megawatts (MW) of power. The Denton City Council's approval
increases the leased land to approximately 78 acres and the
Company's access to power to 394 MW. The expansion is projected to
bring a $6.1 billion real property investment.
“Denton’s balanced economic strategy not only drives immediate
growth but builds resilience, and Core Scientific’s continued
investment in our community is a testament to our city’s appeal,”
said City Manager Sara Hensley. “Their decision to expand
operations here in Denton aligns with our entrepreneurial
foundation where innovation and advanced technology industries
thrive. We look forward to seeing the positive impact this
expansion will bring to Denton for years to come.”
Core Scientific currently operates nine data centers in six
different states—Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, North
Dakota, and Texas. The Company also has one additional data center
under development in Oklahoma.
About Core Scientific, Inc.
Core Scientific, Inc. (“Core Scientific” or the “Company”) is a
leader in digital infrastructure for bitcoin mining and
high-performance computing. We operate dedicated, purpose-built
facilities for digital asset mining and are a premier provider of
digital infrastructure to our third-party customers. We employ our
own large fleet of computers (“miners”) to earn digital assets for
our own account and to provide hosting services for large bitcoin
mining customers and we are in the process of allocating and
converting a significant portion of our nine operational data
centers in Alabama (1), Georgia (2), Kentucky (1), North Carolina
(1), North Dakota (1) and Texas (3), and our facility in
development in Oklahoma to support artificial intelligence-related
workloads under a series of contracts that entail the modification
of certain of our data centers to deliver hosting services for
high-performance computing (“HPC”). www.corescientific.com.
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ability to maintain our competitive position in our existing
operating segments, the impact of increases in total network hash
rate; our ability to raise additional capital to continue our
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and economic conditions, particularly those impacting high
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