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Core Scientific Grand Forks Data Center (Grand Forks 1)

Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North Dakota · All 10 Core Scientific sites

OperatingSupportedRecord updated October 26, 2026

Core Scientific Grand Forks Data Center (Grand Forks 1) is an operating crypto mining site in Grand Forks, North Dakota (Grand Forks County), operated by Core Scientific. The public record puts it at 100 MW operating, 20 acres, a reported $114 million investment. It has documented public support and no documented opposition.

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Facility record

Operating

Operator: Core Scientific
Facility type: Crypto mining
Location: 5601 11th Ave S, Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, ND, 58201
Coordinates: 47.8912, -97.0434 (approximate)
Power capacity: 100 MW operating
Land: 20 acres
Investment: $114 million
Announced: Not established from a public source
Utility: Nodak Electric Cooperative / Minnkota Power Cooperative
Power source: Grid
Cooling: Not established from a public source
Water use: Not established from a public source
Jobs: 50 construction
Public subsidy: Grand Forks Growth Fund loan, $269,000, City of Grand Forks, ND, 2021
Community reception: Supported
Source confidence: Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation

Timeline from the record

Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.

March 2022
Operating
Commissioned Nov 2021, reached full 100MW operating capacity March 2022. Sole ND facility in Core Scientific's FY2025 10-K property count (ND=1). Source: Area Development

Opposition and litigation at this site

Not that we can document. Local officials or residents have expressed public support for Core Scientific Grand Forks Data Center (Grand Forks 1) in Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North Dakota, and no opposition, petition, or lawsuit appears in the sources this registry tracks as of October 26, 2026. The Grand Forks Region EDC's project won Economic Development Association of North Dakota Project of the Year (Oct.

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: supported means local officials or residents have expressed public support and no opposition is documented.

The Grand Forks Region EDC's project won Economic Development Association of North Dakota Project of the Year (Oct. 2021). The city expected more than $350,000 a year in franchise fees and about $191,000 a year in property taxes.

Source: Grand Forks Region EDC

Power and water

Powered by Nodak Electric Cooperative and Minnkota Power Cooperative; reported energy mix ~55% lignite coal, 34% wind, 8% hydroelectric.

Public money on the record

Program	Amount	Granted by	Year
Grand Forks Growth Fund loan	$269,000	City of Grand Forks, ND	2021

What the record does not establish, and the document that would

In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.

Cooling method and water use
Permanent jobs promised

Which document closes each gap

Cooling method and water use: The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
Permanent jobs promised: The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Core Scientific Grand Forks Data Center (Grand Forks 1) in Grand Forks?

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Core Scientific Grand Forks Data Center (Grand Forks 1)?

No lawsuit over Core Scientific Grand Forks Data Center (Grand Forks 1) appears in the record we track as of October 26, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.

How much water does Core Scientific Grand Forks Data Center (Grand Forks 1) use?

No water withdrawal figure for Core Scientific Grand Forks Data Center (Grand Forks 1) is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.

Who operates Core Scientific Grand Forks Data Center (Grand Forks 1), and how big is it?

Core Scientific is the operator on record. We hold 10 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 100 MW. The site is recorded at 20 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Core Scientific Grand Forks Data Center (Grand Forks 1)," updated October 26, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/core-scientific-grand-forks-nd.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.1 (October 4, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/core-scientific-grand-forks-nd, retrieved October 29, 2026.

Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.

Sources for this record

As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.

1.Core Scientific Establishes Grand Forks, North Dakota, Facility · Area Development · retrieved August 3, 2026
2.Grand Forks, North Dakota Data Center (Grand Forks 1) · Core Scientific (operator site) · retrieved August 3, 2026
3.Core Scientific Grand Forks Data Center | 5601 11th Ave S · DataCenterMap · retrieved August 3, 2026
4.Baumbach awarded Economic Developer of the Year; EDC awarded Project of the Year · Grand Forks Region EDC · retrieved October 26, 2026
5.Core Scientific to invest more than $100 million in new North Dakota data center · Baxtel · retrieved October 26, 2026

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