Riot Platforms Corsicana Facility

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.

1. January 2025

   Proposed
   Riot halts 600 MW Phase II Bitcoin mining expansion and formally launches AI/HPC feasibility evaluation for remaining power capacity. Source: Riot Platforms
2. April 2024

   Operating
   400 MW Phase I enters operation for Bitcoin mining using immersion-cooling. Source: Data Center Dynamics

Opposition and litigation at this site

Yes. Riot Platforms Corsicana Facility in Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. Organized local opposition (Concerned Citizens of Navarro County; Change.org petition).

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: contested means active public debate is on record, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition, without litigation.

Organized local opposition (Concerned Citizens of Navarro County; Change.org petition). County commissioners declined an earlier, larger reinvestment-zone request in March 2024 after resident pushback; a smaller Chapter 312 abatement passed on a 3-2 vote in October 2024. Cited concerns: noise, peak water use, ERCOT grid strain, and limited permanent jobs relative to power draw.

Source: DL News

Power and water

ERCOT-connected; net power cost ~3.2 cents/kWh via demand response and grid participation. MOU with Terrestrial Energy to co-locate molten salt reactors (IMSR) for eventual nuclear-powered AI capacity.

Immersion cooling for the operational 400 MW Bitcoin-mining phase; cooling for the future AI/HPC phase is not yet confirmed. The facility is projected to consume up to 1.5 million gallons of water per day at peak summer demand under a city-water agreement, a seasonal peak, not an average daily rate.

Public money on the record

Notes on the record

Phase I (400 MW) operational for Bitcoin mining with immersion cooling. AMD contracted 50 MW for HPC workloads. Riot developing 112 MW Core and Shell infrastructure at Corsicana for future hyperscale AI tenants. Campus acquired in phases to 858 total acres. ERCOT-approved for 1 GW total. Navarro County's October 2024 abatement records cite a considered $640M investment and 140 new jobs; the signed agreement sets a $380M minimum taxable value and 140 FTE by January 1, 2026 (a Riot spokesperson separately cited 180 jobs). Re-tagged from data_center to crypto_mining (2026-07-10): the operational 400 MW is Bitcoin mining (current majority use); the 600 MW AI/HPC evaluation remains at proposal stage, not built. Riot does not disclose hash rate per-site (only company-wide EH/s spanning Corsicana + Rockdale + Kentucky), so hashRateThPerS is left unknown here rather than misattributing a company total. Miners are MicroBT ASICs designed for immersion cooling. ERCOT demand-response/curtailment participation (Four Coincident Peaks program) is a structural, revenue-generating part of Riot's operating model company-wide (~$21M in Q1 2026 curtailment credits), so power arrangement is tagged "mixed" rather than plain grid.

Other sites within 30 miles

Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.

• Nexus Hubbard Data Center & Power Campus · Hubbard · Nexus Data Centers26 mi · Under construction · 612 MW · Contested

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