Core Scientific to Build New 300MW Blockchain Data Center in Texas

Core Scientific to Build New 300MW Blockchain Data Center in Texas
Core Scientific, the blockchain hosting and digital asset mining company, is building a new 300 megawatt blockchain data center in the city of Denton, Texas.The company is building the data center using “emissions-free power supplemented by renewable energy credits.”“When completed, the new Denton data center will increase the Company’s total power capacity to more than 800MW while remaining 100% net carbon-neutral,” the company said in a statement on Thursday.The expansion is a part of a development collaboration with privately held Tenaska Energy, which will provide development and power management services for the facility and serve as energy advisor.Core is planning…