CoreWeave Denton: 250MW Texas High-Density AI Hub
Status: Operational / Phase Expansion Active | Location: 1500 Spencer Road, Denton, Texas 76205, USA
Project Overview
CoreWeave’s 250 MW AI supercomputing campus in Denton, Texas, stands as a premier facility in the specialized GPU cloud infrastructure market. Occupying a retrofitted 1 million-square-foot industrial footprint previously operated by Texas Instruments, the multi-stage development was engineered specifically to solve the extreme thermal and density challenges presented by generative AI model training and real-time inference workloads. Built to house massive clusters of thousands of interconnected NVIDIA Blackwell (GB200/GB300 NVL72) architectures, the facility serves leading AI-native enterprises, frontier research labs, and search platforms like Perplexity. The campus deployment represents a multi-billion-dollar infrastructure commitment within the Dallas-Fort Worth technology corridor. Through a joint venture development model with Chirisa Technology Parks and Lincoln Rackhouse, CoreWeave executed a rapid conversion of the industrial site into a high-density compute engine. The site’s electrical infrastructure connects directly into the City of Denton’s Municipal Electric Works (DME) and the ERCOT grid via dedicated high-voltage substations, utilizing behind-the-meter transformer arrays to support cabinet densities exceeding 100 kW to 140 kW per rack. Environmental and operational efficiency are maintained using state-of-the-art closed-loop liquid cooling systems. By circulating cooling fluid directly across GPU hot plates via rear-door heat exchangers and liquid manifolds, the facility minimizes water consumption while eliminating thermal throttling during peak processing cycles. Supported by multi-gigabit redundant dark fiber connections into primary Dallas carrier exchange hubs, CoreWeave's Denton campus provides low-latency, high-throughput bare-metal cloud compute powering next-generation artificial intelligence applications globally.
Quick Facts
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| Project Name | CoreWeave Denton: 250MW Texas High-Density AI Hub |
| Location | 1500 Spencer Road, Denton, Texas 76205, USA |
| Status | Operational / Phase Expansion Active |
| Commissioning | H2 2025 (Initial Phase Live) |
| Total IT Load | 200 MW |
| Total Capacity | 250 MW (Full master-planned campus substation capacity across 1 million sq. ft.) |
| Tier Level | Tier III Compliant System Architecture Standards |
| Project Type | Retrofit & Expansion Specialized Bare-Metal GPU Cloud Supercomputing Facility |
City Profile
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| City Name | Denton |
| Population | Approximately 166,000 (2025 estimate) |
| Urban Agglomeration | Approximately 10.3 million (Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area) |
| City GDP | Approximately USD 10–12 billion (estimated based on local economic output) |
| Per Capita Income | Approximately USD 41,000 per year |
| City Tier | Tier 2 – Mid-sized U.S. city within the Dallas–Fort Worth metro region |
| Key Strengths | Part of the fast-growing Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan economy |
Companies Involved
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| Developer / Operator | CoreWeave, Inc. |
| Strategic Infrastructure Partner | Chirisa Technology Parks, Lincoln Rackhouse, City of Denton Municipal Electric Works (DME) |
| Construction Contractor | DPR Construction & Specialized Mission-Critical Engineering Partners |
| MEP Engineering | CoreWeave Infrastructure Design Team & Specialized Mission-Critical Consultants |
| Network Connectivity | Dual subterranean concrete fiber vaults, direct dark fiber loops to Dallas Infomart, and carrier-neutral Meet-Me-Rooms. |
| Power Infrastructure | High-voltage transmission feed supplied by Denton Municipal Electric Works (DME) via a dedicated on-site 138kV transformation substation. |
Technical Specifications
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| Power Capacity | 250 MW gross utility substation capacity |
| UPS Redundancy | Block-redundant N+1 static UPS topology supported by containerized emergency standby diesel generator arrays with bulk on-site fuel reserves. |
| Cooling System | Closed-loop liquid-to-chip manifold arrays combined with rear-door heat exchangers (RDHx) designed for 100kW+ GPU rack densities. |
| Connectivity | Carrier-neutral design with four subterranean entry vaults, isolated Meet-Me-Rooms, and multi-terabit edge routing capability. |
| PUE Target | 1.14 |
| Energy Mix | ERCOT regional grid power supplemented by Texas wind power purchase agreements (PPAs) and renewable energy certificates (RECs). |
Milestones
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| Announcement | Q2 2023 |
| Construction Start | Q3 2023 (Retrofit and civil transformation) |
| Phase 1 Go-Live | H2 2025 |
| Full Buildout | 2027 (Final high-density GPU hall commissioning) |
Investment Details
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| Total Investment | $1,600,000,000 USD (Aggregate site conversion and hardware cluster investment) |
| Funding | Corporate capital expenditure, debt facilities, and private equity backing via Magnetar Capital and Blackstone |