Core Scientific Secures 300MW Additional Capacity at Texas Data Center, Plans Behind-the-Meter Expansion
April 28, 2026
Core Scientific Secures 300MW Additional Capacity at Texas Data Center, Plans Behind-the-Meter Expansion
Core Scientific has secured an additional 300 megawatts of gross power capacity under contract with its utility provider at its Pecos campus in West Texas, marking a significant step in the company’s transition from a Bitcoin mining facility to a high-performance computing and AI data center hub. The existing site, which currently supports 300MW of mining operations, is being repurposed to meet growing demand for AI and HPC hosting services.
The newly secured capacity is part of a broader redevelopment plan that will see the Pecos campus eventually reach 1.5GW of gross power, yielding approximately 1GW of leasable capacity. Initial AI hosting capacity is expected to come online in early 2027, and the site is already available for lease. Core Scientific has also acquired more than 200 acres of adjacent land to support a planned behind-the-meter power solution, which the company says will provide “significant” additional capacity beyond the contracted utility supply.
“We continue to leverage our deep in-house expertise to differentiate how we build and scale next-generation artificial intelligence infrastructure, further illustrated by our behind-the-meter solution at our Pecos campus,” said Adam Sullivan, CEO of Core Scientific. “By expanding in a market where we already control power, infrastructure, and operations, we can execute with speed to meet market demand.”
The Pecos facility, located at 1939 Farm to Market 2119 in Reeves County, launched in 2022 and currently hosts the Cottonwood 1 and 2 developments. It consists of multiple buildings and an on-site substation. Core Scientific, founded in 2017 as a crypto mining data center operator, has fully pivoted to AI data center development and has secured CoreWeave as a major tenant across its sites in Texas, Georgia, Oklahoma, and North Carolina.
The company’s broader portfolio includes projects in Pecos, Texas; Calvert City, Kentucky; Grand Forks, North Dakota; and Auburn, Alabama. In its most recent earnings report, Core Scientific disclosed 520MW of leasable capacity at existing sites, with an additional 700MW in unaccounted opportunities, underscoring its aggressive expansion in the AI infrastructure space. The behind-the-meter strategy at Pecos is expected to further differentiate the company as it scales to meet surging demand for AI compute capacity in energy-constrained markets.
Source: datacenterdynamics
