{"id":590789,"date":"2026-04-28T10:53:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T10:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/04\/28\/bitcoin-miner-core-scientific-shifts-to-ai-with-1-5gw-data-center-push\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T10:53:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T10:53:58","slug":"bitcoin-miner-core-scientific-shifts-to-ai-with-1-5gw-data-center-push","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/04\/28\/bitcoin-miner-core-scientific-shifts-to-ai-with-1-5gw-data-center-push\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin miner Core Scientific shifts to AI with 1.5GW data center push"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9wYXlsb2FkLmx1bS10cmkub3JnL2FwaS9hcnRpY2xlLWNvdmVycy9maWxlL0hJLUVVLXZvdGUtb24tQml0Y29pbi1taW5pbmctQUkuanBnP3ByZWZpeD1tZWRpYSUyRmFydGljbGUtY292ZXJz.jpg\" alt=\"Bitcoin miner Core Scientific shifts to AI with 1.5GW data center push\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Core Scientific is converting its Pecos, Texas site into a high-density AI colocation hub, repurposing 300MW of mining capacity.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin miner Core Scientific plans to scale its Texas operations into a large artificial intelligence-focused data center campus with up to 1.5 gigawatts of gross power capacity.<\/p>\n<p>In a Monday <a href=\"https:\/\/investors.corescientific.com\/news-events\/press-releases\/detail\/134\/core-scientific-plans-expansion-to-1-5-gigawatts-of-gross-power-at-pecos-texas-campus\">announcement<\/a>, the company said it is developing its Pecos, Texas, site into a high-density colocation hub designed to support AI workloads amid rising demand for computing infrastructure. Of the planned capacity, about 1 GW is expected to be available for leasing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe continue to leverage our deep in-house expertise to differentiate how we build and scale next generation artificial intelligence infrastructure,\u201d Adam Sullivan, CEO of Core Scientific, said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/bitcoin-miner-core-scientific-shifts-to-ai-with-15gw-d\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Core Scientific is converting its Pecos, Texas site into a high-density AI colocation hub, repurposing 300MW of mining capacity. Bitcoin miner Core Scientific plans to scale its Texas operations into a large artificial intelligence-focused data center campus with up to 1.5 gigawatts of gross power capacity. In a Monday announcement, the company said it is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":590790,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-590789","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=590789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/590790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=590789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=590789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}