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Cottonwood Data Center

Core Scientific's Pecos campus, where an older bitcoin mining site is being rebuilt for artificial intelligence infrastructure. The company reports existing power in use and a much larger expansion plan, but initial colocation capacity remains scheduled rather than delivered.

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What the record establishes

Earlier campus power allocation
250 MW[2]as of June 30th, 2024
Earlier energized building capacity in Cottonwood One
50 MW[2]as of June 30th, 2024
Earlier production area in Cottonwood One
53,000 sq ft[2]as of June 30th, 2024
Earlier energized container capacity in Cottonwood Two
21 MW[2]as of June 30th, 2024
Earlier operating containers in Cottonwood Two
50 units[2]as of June 30th, 2024
Gross power used for bitcoin mining before the conversion
300 MW[3]as of April 27th, 2026
Planned gross campus power
1.5 GW[3]as of April 27th, 2026
Planned leasable power
1 GW[3]as of April 27th, 2026
Initial artificial intelligence capacity schedule
Expected in early 2027[3]as of April 27th, 2026
Owner, occupant, and operator of record
Core Scientific Inc.[1]as of August 27th, 2026
Certification effective
September 12th, 2025[1]

What changes the reading

  • Core Scientific's earlier presentation labels the Pecos site Cottonwood and divides it into two phases. The later expansion announcement calls it the Pecos campus, so the naming bridge comes from the company's own records.[2][3]
  • The earlier power figures describe bitcoin mining infrastructure. The later release says that infrastructure is being transformed for artificial intelligence use and does not claim that the planned colocation capacity is already delivered.[2][3]
  • The later gross power plan is much larger than the earlier campus allocation. Those dated figures show an expansion strategy and should not be added together.[2][3]

Still not public

  • The exact certified property boundary is not public.
  • A customer for the planned colocation capacity has not been named.
  • Delivered artificial intelligence capacity is not yet established.
  • The current split between mining and other computing is not public.
  • Cooling design and measured water use are not public.

Source trail

  1. Data Center ListsTexas Comptroller of Public AccountsfilingRead August 27th, 2026.
  2. Core Scientific Second Quarter PresentationU.S. Securities and Exchange CommissionfilingRead August 27th, 2026.
  3. Core Scientific Pecos Expansion AnnouncementU.S. Securities and Exchange CommissionfilingRead August 27th, 2026.

The registry entry for this facility comes from the Texas Comptroller's certified list of data centers holding a sales tax exemption. Owner, occupant and operator are roles in that filing rather than descriptions of who runs the building.