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Core42 Lake Mariner · Barker, NY

Last change recorded — · Last checked 2026-10-04

OwnerCore42
UsersG42
IT power, end of 202658 MW
Planned end state58 MW
First power2025-10-01
Build-out completeno further build-out tracked
Power pathNo data yet
Binding stepNo data yet
First power vs announcedNo announced date on record
Full build-out vs announcedNo announced date on record
Utility / power partnersNew York Power Authority; National Grid (verify)

Recorded readiness — 0 of 6 applicable milestones have a dated public record

○ Land○ Permits○ Grid supply· Generation○ Water○ Financing○ Construction

Gate to first power — target 2025-10-01 (estimate) · path: unknown, generic steps assumed · each step must finish its lead time before the target

0 of 0 required steps have a public date. Red = recorded date past the rule-based deadline · grey "no public date" = required step without a record · green = on record in time · context steps never colour.

No dated steps on record.

This site is energized; lights only show how its recorded steps compared with the lead times.

Lead-time assumptions
  • Site secured 15 months before first power — Land under control and campus announced. Rarely binding; shown for context.
  • Permits in hand 0 months before first power — Final air and siting permits. Operators often energize on standard or temporary authorisations and receive the major permit later; flagged only when the permit lands more than 6 months after first power or is missing for an on-site plant.
  • Grid supply agreed 9 months before first power — Interconnection or large-load agreement approved. Observed median 7 months before first power; the physical works (substation, lines) run in parallel with construction.
  • Substation and lines energized 2 months before first power — Utility delivery point live; final tests before the load is taken.
  • New generation online 1 months before first power — Utility plant or on-site plant generating; needed just before energization when the grid cannot carry the load alone.
  • Major equipment on site 6 months before first power — Turbines, transformers, switchgear delivered; installation and commissioning take the remaining months.
  • Construction started 24 months before first power — Groundbreaking of the building that gives first power. Observed 4-26 months for recent AI campuses; Meta's redesigned campuses took 35-58.
  • Building ready for IT 0 months before first power — First building ready for IT. 'Complete' or 'opened' is usually reported after first power; flagged only beyond 3 months.
  • Full build-out complete -12 months before first power — All announced buildings operational. Comes after first power by design; context only.
  • Water supply secured 12 months before first power — Water rights, municipal agreement or desalination contract in hand. Context only; one of the feasibility items.
  • Financing closed 12 months before first power — Project financing, anchor lease or committed capital announced. Context only; not applicable when the owner is a hyperscaler building on its balance sheet.

Dated steps (from the sources; later dates are plans)

2025-10-01 First powerFirst power (Epoch) · ◐

Build-out timeline (Epoch AI; dated status notes with IT power; rows after today are estimates)

2024-10-01—Land clearing begins for Building 1, also known as CB-1, the first large AI/HPC building on the site.
2025-10-0116 MWBuilding 1 is operational. Based on Terawulf [saying](https://investors.terawulf.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/126/terawulf-reports-third-quarter-2025-results) "As of September 30, 2025, the site has energized 24
2026-03-0216 MWBuildings 1 and 2 both appear to have complete building and cooling equipment, based on satellite imagery. Not considering Building 2 operational yet, due to Terawulf's [statement](https://investors.terawulf.com/news-eve
2026-03-3158 MWBuilding 2 is operational. On February 26, Terawulf [stated](https://investors.terawulf.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/132/terawulf-reports-fourth-quarter-and-full-year-2025-results) that CB2A is operational, pres
2026-07-2358 MWBoth buildings still operational according to satellite imagery.

Recorded fact The site is energized.

Calculated requirement Energized; watch the build-out timeline for the next buildings.

Sources (Epoch AI selection): Terawulf press release with details of Core42 lease for Buildings 1-2 · Terawulf press release with details and timeline for Buildings 1-5 · DCD article suggesting that Fluidstack will deploy Google TPUs at Lake Mariner · Announcement of Anthropic-Fluidstack partnership, including data center(s) in New York

Epoch AI, 'AI data centers', epoch.ai/data/ai-data-centers (CC BY 4.0); coordinates from GeoNames cities500 (CC BY 4.0) and hand-entered places; overrides in tools/project_overrides.csv with their own sources. Campuses outside the Epoch dataset come from tools/campuses.csv (public reporting, source per row). Data retrieved 2026-10-05. Report a correction to contact@ailoadmap.com (campus id core42-lake-mariner; include the row and a source link).