Data center profile · Marble, Cherokee County, North Carolina

Core Scientific Marble (CoreWeave)

Core Scientific's Marble, North Carolina site: 65 MW critical IT capacity contracted to CoreWeave; March 2026 filing put it about 57% complete, 37 MW billing.

In service, 65 MW leased to CoreWeave. Press says Core Scientific contracted 65 MW of critical IT capacity at Marble to CoreWeave; a summary of a March 2026 filing put the site about 57% complete with 37 MW billing. No utility, permit or building record was found.
65 MW
critical IT capacity contracted to CoreWeave
one of five Core Scientific sites leased to CoreWeave (press)
37 MW
billing as of March 2026
trade summary of a Core Scientific filing
~57%
complete as of March 2026
same summary
OperatorCore Scientific (host, per press)
CustomerCoreWeave (per press)
Planned IT capacity65 MW at full build-out (company IT figure)
First building in serviceIn service since Jan. 2026 (about 65 MW of IT capacity live)
Next stepNo completion date for the full 65 MW published
Power

Power and the grid

Getting on the grid

Permits

Permits checklist

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. March 2026
    Construction Core Scientific filing, as summarized in trade press: site about 57% complete with 37 MW billing News report · Oct. 2026
  2. Oct. 2026
    Money Press tally of Core Scientific's contracts puts 65 MW of CoreWeave capacity at Marble News report · Oct. 2026
Construction activity

Since Jan. 2025: 1 FAA filing (Jan. 2025): a 150 ft crane. FAA · Jan. 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

54 records from 13 documents

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

News report 6SEC filing 5Company 1State agency 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 (9)
  • IT capacity: 65 MW
    “Marble, North Carolina Total Billable Power ~65MW Customer”
    SEC filing · May 2026 · grade A
  • Operator: Core Scientific (owner-operator/landlord); CoreWeave (tenant/customer)
    “CoreWeave is contracted for ~590 MW of leased customer power capacity across 5 of our sites Denton, TX Leased power: ~260MW Dalton, GA Leased power: ~175MW Muskogee, OK Leased power: ~70MW Marble, NC Leased power: ~65MW”
    SEC filing · March 2026 · grade A
  • Utility: Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC
    “DUKE ENERGY CAROLINAS, LLC, (hereinafter called the Company) and CORE SCIENTIFIC, INC., (hereinafter called the Customer)”
    SEC filing · June 2019 · grade A
  • Utility contract demand kW: 24,000 kW contract demand, not to exceed 48,000 kW (Electric Service Agreement, effective Jun 10, 2019; ramp to 48,000 kW after completion of ramp-up)
    “The contract demand shall be 24,000 Kilowatts; adjusted accordingly, as described in paragraph 6, however customer's demand shall not exceed 48,000 kW”
    SEC filing · June 2019 · grade A
  • Project identity: Core Scientific Marble data center, Marble, Cherokee County, NC: an operating Core Scientific facility whose capacity CoreWeave is contracted to lease; one of five Core Scientific sites in the CoreWeave
    “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
  • County code: 37039
    “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
  • The Marble area is served by the Town of Murphy's municipal electric system, which buys power from the Tennessee Valley Authority; TVA is planning transmission buildout for data center demand. The facility's load is desc
    “The Tennessee Valley Authority, where Murphy buys its power from, is planning to build out transmission to meet increased data center demand”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
  • Site plan included more than 170 diesel generators (county/FOIA reporting via BPR) - backup-power signal only; engine counts are never converted to MW and backup diesel is never generation
    “the company submitted a site plan last year that included more than 170 diesel generators”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
  • Project status: OPERATING FACILITY UNDER LEASE: the Marble site is an existing Core Scientific facility; CoreWeave's contracted lease of 65 MW there is in place; CoreWeave announced a $9 billion acquisition of Core Scien
    “CoreWeave, which has twice tried and failed to buy Core Scientific, is reportedly in talks about an additional capacity deal with the company.”
    News report · Oct. 2025 · grade C
Money and contracts (15)
  • hosting / colocation: capacity 65 MW critical IT
    “The Marble campus (“Marble Campus”) is located at 155 Palmer Lane in Marble, North Carolina. The Marble Campus sits on land owned by Core Scientific Marble, consists of approximately 73 acres and will feature a 65 MW data center”
    SEC filing · April 2026 · grade A
  • phase delivery: delivery 37 MW critical IT (operational and billing; remaining MW substantial completion H1 2026)
    “Approximately 37 MWs are currently operational and billing, with substantial completion of the remaining MWs expected in the first half of 2026.”
    SEC filing · April 2026 · grade A
  • colocation / hosting contract (CoreWeave): take-or-pay, 12-year term with two 5-year options; client pays capex, power and utilities ~590 MW infrastructure (~800 MW gross) across five sites; Marble share ~65 MW (contr
    “12-year contract with two 5-year options”
    SEC filing · March 2026 · grade A
  • electric service agreement: contract demand and term 24,000 kW contract demand; maximum 48,000 kW; term 2.5 years then year-to-year kW
    “The effective date of this Agreement shall be June 10, 2019”
    SEC filing · June 2019 · 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 65 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
  • 65 MW at Marble is CoreWeave's contracted lease capacity per DCD's recounting of the Core Scientific portfolio; The basis IS named by Core Scientific's Feb 26, 2025 release, which denominates the ~590 MW contracted packa
    “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
  • Site history: former American Thread factory site (factory closed in 2015); Core Scientific crypto mine converted to an AI/HPC data center for CoreWeave
    “The site, which spreads across 250,000 feet, or seven acres, was once a factory that produced thread for the garment industry. The facility closed in 2015”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
  • The facility sought a wastewater contract with the nearby Town of Andrews; the town denied the request because the company lacked an environmental plan (Mayor James Reid, via Grist). Water/sewer arrangements remain unres
    “The data center sought a wastewater contract with the nearby town of Andrews, but Mayor James Reid told Grist officials denied the request because the company lacked an environmental plan.”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
  • Project status: operating core scientific site capacity contracted to coreweave
    “As a result, on October 30, 2025, pursuant to and in accordance with the Merger Agreement, Core Scientific terminated the Merger Agreement, effective immediately.”
    News report · Oct. 2025 · grade C
  • merger agreement (terminated): termination after stockholder vote $9 billion all-stock acquisition (not completed) USD
    “As a result, on October 30, 2025, pursuant to and in accordance with the Merger Agreement, Core Scientific terminated the Merger Agreement, effective immediately”
    News report · Oct. 2025 · grade C
  • CoreWeave's $9B all-stock acquisition of Core Scientific (agreed Jul 7, 2025) was terminated on Oct 30, 2025 after shareholders rejected it; the companies' commercial lease partnership continues
    “The so-called "Merger Agreement" was made by Core Scientific and CoreWeave on July 7, and would have seen AI cloud firm CoreWeave acquiring Core Scientific and its 1.3GW of data center capacity for $9bn in an all-stock transaction.”
    News report · Oct. 2025 · grade C
  • CoreWeave announced a $9 billion all-stock acquisition of Core Scientific on July 7, 2025; Core Scientific shareholders rejected the deal and the merger agreement was terminated in October 2025; CoreWeave remains a Core
    “CoreWeave, which has twice tried and failed to buy Core Scientific, is reportedly in talks about an additional capacity deal with the company.”
    News report · Oct. 2025 · grade C
  • Capacity lease (hosting/offtake): contracted capacity lease 65 MW
    “CoreWeave is contracted to lease a total of 590MW from Core Scientific across five sites.”
    News report · Aug. 2025 · grade C
Permits and government (5)
  • FAA OE/AAA: Determined - No Hazard
    “The crane on this project will be used to erect exterior steel beams and columns at a current structure. The added steel to the exterior of the structure will not exceed it's current height. The Notice Criteria Tool states we”
    FAA · Jan. 2025 · grade A
  • Land use: Cherokee County has no zoning (no restriction on land use); a permit application is still required
    “There's no restriction on land use - that is, no zoning. Anyone can set up anywhere as long as they apply for a permit”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
  • site plan: submitted (2025, as reported Apr 10, 2026)
    “the company submitted a site plan last year that included more than 170 diesel generators”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
  • January 2026 Cherokee County commission meeting debated renewing a crypto-mining moratorium and adding AI data centers; no action was taken that evening - local-governance signal, no order or ban in force from this recor
    “Adams begged commissioners to renew a moratorium on crypto mining that had been expired for a year- and add AI data centers to the list of restricted businesses”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
  • Per NC DEQ records released after a Grist inquiry, the facility's diesel generat: generators determined exempt from air-quality permitting (backup classification)
    “Records released by the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality after an inquiry by Grist showed that they were exempt from air-quality permitting requirements because they were classified as backup systems.”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
Site and other (5)
  • Announced: Aug. 11, 2021
    “Service Address. 155 Palmer Ln, Marble, NC 28905.”
    SEC filing · Aug. 2021 · grade A
  • Site location: 155 Palmer Ln, Marble, NC 28905
    “Service Address. 155 Palmer Ln, Marble, NC 28905.”
    SEC filing · June 2019 · grade A
  • Project status: operating (fully handed over to CoreWeave; entire facility transitioned into operations in Q1 2026)
    “At Marble, we completed construction and successfully transitioned the entire facility into operations, bringing 65 megawatts of billable capacity online”
    Company · May 2026 · grade B
  • Core Scientific's portfolio totals 1.3 GW of HPC and cryptomine capacity in operation and development across seven states; a portfolio figure, not Marble campus capacity
    “The company has sites across North Dakota, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Alabama, Texas, and Oklahoma totaling 1.3GW of HPC and cryptomine capacity in operation and development.”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Water posture: small amount of municipal water from Marble Community Water System plus three on-site wells supplying the majority of usage; Andrews wastewater hookup denied for lack of an environmental plan, own septic t
    “they are getting small amount of municipal water from the rural, residential water utility, along with three wells onsite that are supplying a majority of their water usage”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C