Data center profile · Dalton, Whitfield County, Georgia

Core Scientific Dalton (CoreWeave)

A Core Scientific site in Dalton, Georgia, where CoreWeave has contracted 175 MW of critical IT capacity, about 30 MW of it billing by July 2026 according to trade press

In service, ramping (press). Press accounts say Core Scientific has contracted 175 MW of critical IT capacity at Dalton to CoreWeave, with about 30 MW billing by July 2026. No utility, permit or building record for the site is on record here.
175 MW
critical IT capacity contracted to CoreWeave
one of five Core Scientific sites leased to CoreWeave (press)
~30 MW
billing as of July 2026 (press)
trade-press account; the rest still ramping
Core Scientific
site owner and host
hosting agreement with CoreWeave (press)
OperatorCore Scientific (host, per press)
CustomerCoreWeave (per press)
Planned IT capacity175 MW at full build-out (company IT figure)
First building in serviceIn service since Feb. 2026 (about 78 MW of IT capacity live, estimated)
Next stepNo completion date for the full 175 MW published
Power

Power and the grid

Getting on the grid

Backup generators on file

Emergency units only; they are not a power supply for the campus.

Permits

Permits checklist

1 granted · 1 checked, nothing on file

No permit, zoning or utility filing for this site is in the sources gathered so far.

Risks

What could slow it down

Timeline

What happened, and what is due

SitePaper trailConstructionPowerPermitsMoneyLegalUpcoming
  1. July 2026
    Power About 30 MW of the 175 MW lease is billing, per trade press News report · Oct. 2026
  2. Oct. 2026
    Money Press tally of Core Scientific's contracts puts 175 MW of CoreWeave capacity at Dalton News report · Oct. 2026
Construction activity

Since June 2025: 1 building permit (1 issued or finished); the largest lists a $110M job value. Job values are not added up: trade permits often repeat the whole project's value. Local building-permit records · June 2025

Who is involved

Owners, partners and builders

Owners
  • Core Scientific, Inc.: site owner and host (press)
Customer
  • CoreWeave, Inc.: contracted tenant (press)
Still unknown

Open questions

Where this comes from

68 records from 16 documents

Drawn from news reports, securities filings, state agency records, company statements, public and commercial datasets and local government records, each kept with its date and source. The bar shows documents by type.

News report 6SEC filing 3State agency 3Company 2Dataset 1Local government 1
Evidence

Every quote behind this page

Grade key: A = the primary record itself (permit, filing, exhibit) · B = a dated official statement · C = news reporting. Map distances are our own measurements on OpenStreetMap and carry no grade. Allegations in lawsuits are marked as such in the quotes.

Power (12)
  • Project status: building / delivery - CoreWeave buildout in phases: Dalton 1 delivering H1 2026, Dalton 4 substantial completion H1 2027 per the Apr 2026 SEC filing; about 30 MW billing at Dalton in July 2025 with furthe
    “Each of the other Projects is expected to be delivered in phases across the four other Properties as set forth in the chart below, with substantial completion of all Projects expected by the first half of 2027.”
    SEC filing · April 2026 · grade A
  • The Apr 2026 SEC filing table lists grid capacity of 50 MW (Dalton 1) and 220 MW (Dalton 4), within approximately 900 MW secured across all five CoreWeave sites
    “Approximately 900 MWs of grid capacity has been secured across all five Project sites.”
    SEC filing · April 2026 · grade A
  • The serving utility for the Dalton campus is Dalton Utilities, the City of Dalton's municipal utility - not Georgia Power. The supply relationship of record runs through the Core Scientific bankruptcy: utility services w
    “Core owed Dalton Utilities $9.1 million related to utility services provided by Dalton Utilities prior to the petition date”
    State agency · Dec. 2022 · grade A
  • IT capacity: 175 MW
    “Dalton 1 will feature a 30 MW data center, and construction involves converting the Property from cryptocurrency mining to HPC and AI workloads. Dalton 4 will feature a 145 MW data center”
    SEC filing · April 2026 · grade B
  • Core Scientific acquired an additional 175 acres at Dalton for an expansion that will take the site to 450 MW of capacity; the AMD-linked neocloud tranche (see conflicts) is expected to be housed in the expanded site
    “In Dalton, Georgia, Sullivan said the firm had acquired an additional 175 acres of land for an expansion that will take the site to 450MW.”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Core Scientific says it acquired an additional 175 acres at Dalton for an expansion that will take the site to 450 MW of gross power capacity (company statement reported by DCD); That is a company gross-power figure for
    “In Dalton, Georgia, Sullivan said the firm had acquired an additional 175 acres of land for an expansion that will take the site to 450MW.”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Project status: Under construction / delivery; July 2025 earnings coverage showed ~30 MW billing at the Georgia campus against ~175 MW leased; the overall CoreWeave buildout is scheduled for completion in early 2027, and
    “Dalton was the main remaining construction component of its approximately 590 MW program for CoreWeave (NASDAQ: CRWV).”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Status: operating and expanding coreweave buildout completing early 2027
    “Dalton was the main remaining construction component of its approximately 590 MW program for CoreWeave (NASDAQ: CRWV).”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Billing status: about 30 MW billing at Dalton in July 2025 against roughly 175 MW leased; a further 48 MW at Dalton was reported delivered in October 2026
    “In its July earnings presentation, Core Scientific showed about 30 MW billing at the Georgia campus against roughly 175 MW leased to the cloud computing provider.”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Dalton is the main remaining construction component of Core Scientific's approximately 590 MW colocation program for CoreWeave; the company reported about 30 MW billing at the Georgia campus in its July 2025 earnings mat
    “Dalton was the main remaining construction component of its approximately 590 MW program for CoreWeave (NASDAQ: CRWV).”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Core Scientific reported a further 48 MW delivered at Dalton in October 2026 (Phase 2, for the campus first customer, CoreWeave), on top of about 30 MW billing in July 2025 - delivery is progressing toward the H1 2027 su
    “The company disclosed the milestone in a post on X, citing an additional 48 MW at its Dalton, Georgia, campus since its previous update.”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Core Scientific has acquired an additional 175 acres at Dalton for an expansion that will take the site to 450 MW (CEO on the Q4 2025 earnings call, per DCD)
    “In Dalton, Georgia, Sullivan said the firm had acquired an additional 175 acres of land for an expansion that will take the site to 450MW.”
    News report · Feb. 2026 · grade C
Money and contracts (18)
  • Operator: Core Scientific, Inc. (owner/developer; CoreWeave is the licensee-tenant)
    “Core Scientific Finance is developing six data center facilities across five sites that have been 100% licensed to CoreWeave, Inc.”
    SEC filing · April 2026 · grade A
  • colocation license (CoreWeave package): contracted critical IT capacity (Dalton share) 175 MW
    “The Projects are expected to support an aggregate of approximately 590 megawatts (MW) of net critical information technology (IT) capacity contracted with CoreWeave.”
    SEC filing · April 2026 · grade A
  • ground lease (bond-financed sale-leaseback): Dalton 1 ground lease; tax abatements
    “Core Scientific leases Dalton 1 (the Dalton 1 Ground Lease) from the Dalton-Whitfield County Joint Development Authority (the DaltonWhitfield JDA) in connection with a bond financed sale leaseback transaction”
    SEC filing · April 2026 · grade A
  • ground lease (bond-financed sale-leaseback): Dalton 4 ground lease; tax abatements
    “Core Scientific also leases Dalton 4 from the Dalton-Whitfield JDA (the Dalton 4 Ground Lease, and collectively with the Dalton 1 Ground Lease, the Dalton Ground Leases)”
    SEC filing · April 2026 · grade A
  • hosting / colocation: capacity 30 MW critical IT (Dalton 1)
    “Dalton 1 will feature a 30 MW data center, and construction involves converting the Property from cryptocurrency mining to HPC and AI workloads.”
    SEC filing · April 2026 · grade A
  • hosting / colocation: capacity 145 MW critical IT (Dalton 4)
    “Dalton 4 will feature a 145 MW data center and is a greenfield development.”
    SEC filing · April 2026 · grade A
  • phase delivery: delivery 145 MW critical IT (Dalton 4 commencement expected H2 2026; substantial completion H1 2027)
    “Dalton 4 is subject to the Dalton 4 Colocation License Agreement (as defined below). The commencement date under the Dalton 4 Colocation License Agreement is expected to occur in the second half of 2026.”
    SEC filing · April 2026 · grade A
  • electric service agreement: electric service to the Industrial South Premises; expansion capacity up to 50,000 kW 50000 kW
    “Industrial South Expansion means DU electric transmission and distribution improvements that enable DU to provide electric service to the Industrial South Premises in excess of 20,000 KW of capacity and associated energy and up to 50,000 KW of capacity”
    SEC filing · Aug. 2021 · grade A
  • Tenant status: signed
    “CoreWeave, which has twice tried and failed to buy Core Scientific, is contracted to lease 590MW of capacity across five sites: Denton (260MW) and Austin (20MW), Texas; Dalton (175MW), Georgia; Muskogee (70MW), Oklahoma; and Marble (65MW), North Carolina.”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Tenants: CoreWeave, Inc.
    “CoreWeave, which has twice tried and failed to buy Core Scientific, is contracted to lease 590MW of capacity across five sites: Denton (260MW) and Austin (20MW), Texas; Dalton (175MW), Georgia; Muskogee (70MW), Oklahoma; and Marble (65MW), North Carolina.”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Hosting agreement: capacity 175 MW critical IT
    “CoreWeave, which has twice tried and failed to buy Core Scientific, is contracted to lease 590MW of capacity across five sites: Denton (260MW) and Austin (20MW), Texas; Dalton (175MW), Georgia; Muskogee (70MW), Oklahoma; and Marble (65MW), North Carolina.”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • July 2026 AMD / Core Scientific coverage is inconsistent on Dalton's AMD-linked share: DCD reports AMD leasing 120 MW in Dalton, while TechTimes reports ~150 MW split between Auburn AL and Dalton GA for an unnamed neoclo
    “In Dalton, Georgia, the chip giant is leasing 120MW.”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • AMD's 15-year Core Scientific lease package (announced 2026) includes 120 MW at Dalton - a different tenant at the same campus. It is not CoreWeave capacity for Dalton 1 & 2 and must not be merged into this campus's Core
    “In Dalton, Georgia, the chip giant is leasing 120MW.”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • AMD is leasing 120 MW at Dalton under the July 2026 Core Scientific-AMD agreements, deliveries from 2027 - a separate tenancy on the expanded site. Signal only here; it is NOT added to the CoreWeave 175 MW mw it figure (
    “In Dalton, Georgia, the chip giant is leasing 120MW.”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • capacity lease: contracted capacity 175 MW
    “is contracted to lease 590MW of capacity across five sites”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • AMD has signed 15-year leases for approximately 530 MW across five Core Scientific sites including 120 MW at Dalton, with deliveries completing by end of 2028 and further options up to 2.5 GW portfolio-wide; a second ten
    “AMD has signed 15-year agreements for approximately 530MW across five sites.”
    News report · July 2026 · grade C
  • Epoch AI lists OpenAI as the user of the CoreWeave Dalton capacity (dataset confidence: speculative); CoreWeave is the direct tenant of Core Scientific, and its contracted capacity is reported to substantially serve Open
    “AI Cloud firm CoreWeave, which has twice tried and failed to buy Core Scientific, is contracted to lease 590MW of capacity across five sites”
    News report · Feb. 2026 · grade C
  • CoreWeave's roughly $9 billion acquisition of Core Scientific was rejected by Core Scientific shareholders in October 2025 (its second failed bid); the 590 MW lease program, including Dalton, continues and CoreWeave rema
    “Shareholders rejected CoreWeave's roughly $9 billion takeover bid in 2025 to keep exactly that rent”
    News report · Oct. 2025 · grade C
Permits and government (5)
  • air quality permit application: application received / under review (comment deadline Dec 19, 2025)
    “Construction and installation of (8) standby diesel generators with a total maximum output of 21.6 MW that will be used to provide backup to commercial power for the site.”
    State agency · Dec. 2025 · grade A
  • Whitfield County Board of Commissioners:
    “The motion was approved 3-2, with Chairman Jensen and Commissioners Staten and Jones in agreement.”
    State agency · April 2025 · grade A
  • rezoning (GA / R-5 to M-2): rezoning approved 3-2 with Enterprise Drive access condition
    “request of Core Scientific to rezone from General Agriculture (GA) and Rural Residential (R-5) to Heavy Manufacturing (M-2) a tract of land totaling 173.3 acres located on Old Tilton Road, Dalton, Georgia.”
    Local government · March 2025 · grade A
  • building permit: Commercial new building: issued
    “Permit number: 250445 · Type: Commercial new building · Status: issued · Job value: $110,000,000 · Effective date: June 30, 2025 · Address: 2205 INDUSTRIAL SOUTH RD · Description: New commercial construction of data center for core scientific”
    Local building-permit records · June 2025 · grade B
  • At the Oct 5, 2026 Dalton council meeting residents urged a six-month moratorium and a citizen-led data center ordinance; no moratorium adoption was reported in the coverage found
    “Residents urged a six-month moratorium and a citizen-led ordinance for data centers”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
Site and other (3)
  • Site: Dalton Campuses: Dalton 1 at 2205 Industrial South Rd, Dalton, GA (approximately 5 acres, one building) and Dalton 4 at 3024 Old Tilton Road, Dalton, GA (approximately 167 acres, one building comprising three data
    “The Dalton campuses (together, the Dalton Campuses) comprise the Dalton 1 campus located at 2205 Industrial South Rd in Dalton, Georgia on approximately five acres”
    SEC filing · April 2026 · grade A
  • County code: 13313
    “a tract of land totaling 173.3 acres located on Old Tilton Road, Dalton, Georgia”
    State agency · April 2025 · grade A
  • Announced: May 13, 2021
    “Today, Core Scientific, the leader in customizable infrastructure and software solutions for Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain, announced that it has expanded its facility in Dalton, GA.”
    Company · May 2021 · grade A

Imagery and records: Building permits: ATTOM.