Center Registry · North Carolina

Core Scientific Marble Campus

Core Scientific · Marble, Cherokee County, North Carolina

Verified by Center RegistryChecked against 4 sources, including primary filings and releases
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65 MW
Critical IT planned
65 MW
Energized today
2018
First power
SERC
Grid region · location approximate
In brief

What makes it notable.

  1. A crypto-to-HPC conversion of the former American Thread plant in Marble, North Carolina, which closed in 2015 and had been mining since 2018, on 70 acres and 250,000 square feet.
  2. Power comes from two sources: Duke Energy supplies 82 MW of gross capacity and Murphy Electric Power Board distributes 35 MW of TVA wholesale power.
  3. Full facility turnover came in the first quarter of 2026, with 65 MW billable. The site total is 117 MW of gross utility capacity.
Deal anatomy

Six layers, and who holds each.

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Power
Duke Energy, Murphy Electric Power Board (TVA)
Site and build
Core Scientific (in-house)
Compute
NVIDIA
Cloud operator
Not disclosed
Anchor tenant
Members
Capital
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Timeline

From here to full build.

  1. 2018First powercrypto era); HPC billing ramp began 2025
  2. 2026-Q1Full buildoutfull facility turnover, 65 MW billable to CoreWeave
  3. Nov 2026Today
The detail

Each party's role.

Power

Duke Energy. Electric utility, 82 MW of gross utility capacity (the majority feed)

Power

Murphy Electric Power Board (TVA). Local power company distributing TVA wholesale power, 35 MW of gross utility capacity

Site and build

Core Scientific (in-house). Crypto-to-HPC conversion of the former American Thread plant (closed 2015; 70 acres, 250k sq ft; mining from 2018); cooling design not disclosed reported

Compute

NVIDIA. CoreWeave GPU fleet hosted at the site (models not disclosed) reported

Cloud operator

Not disclosed. Tenant-controlled inferred

Related sites

Nearby in the buildout.

LiveCore Scientific Dalton CampusCore Scientific · GA · 295 MW LiveCore Scientific AustinCore Scientific · TX · 20 MW LiveCore Scientific Denton CampusCore Scientific · TX · 260 MW Under constructionCore Scientific Hunt County CampusCore Scientific · TX · 285 MW
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