Core Scientific Announces October 2024 Production and Operations Updates

Rhea-AI Summary

Core Scientific (Nasdaq: CORZ) released its October 2024 operations update, reporting 369 self-mined Bitcoin and an estimated 52 Bitcoin earned by hosting customers. The company operated approximately 185,000 bitcoin miners across its data centers, achieving a total energized hash rate of 21.8 EH/s. Core Scientific sold 370 Bitcoin for approximately $24.2 million in proceeds. The company completed a 100 MW infrastructure expansion at its Pecos, TX facility and contributed to grid support by delivering 26,748 megawatt hours to local electrical grids.

Positive

• Bitcoin sales revenue increased from $22.2M to $24.2M month-over-month
• Self-mined Bitcoin increased from 345 to 369 month-over-month
• Average daily Bitcoin mining improved from 11.5 to 11.9
• Completed 100 MW infrastructure expansion at Pecos facility

Negative

• Total energized hash rate decreased from 23.4 to 21.8 EH/s
• Hosting Bitcoin earned by customers decreased from 66 to 52
• Self-Mining fleet efficiency declined from 24.5 to 24.8 J/TH
• Hosting energized hash rate decreased from 3.0 to 2.1

Insights

Financial Analyst

Core Scientific's October operational update reveals mixed performance metrics. The company's self-mining output increased to 369 BTC from September's 345, while the average daily production rose to 11.9 BTC. Revenue from Bitcoin sales grew to $24.2 million, up from $22.2 million in September, benefiting from higher BTC prices.

However, there are concerning trends in the operational metrics. The total energized hash rate declined to 21.8 EH/s from 23.4 EH/s, with both self-mining and hosting hash rates showing decreases. The hosting segment appears particularly challenged, with customer-earned Bitcoin dropping to 52 from 66 and hosted miners representing only 9% of total operations. The completion of the 100 MW Pecos infrastructure expansion could help reverse these trends, but current utilization metrics suggest potential overcapacity issues.

Earned 369 Self-Mined Bitcoin for a Total of 5,990 Bitcoin Year-to-Date and Our Customers Earned an Estimated 52 Bitcoin at Our Data Centers in October

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Core Scientific, Inc. (Nasdaq: CORZ) ("Core Scientific" or “the Company”), a leader in digital infrastructure for bitcoin mining and high-performance computing, today released unaudited production and operations updates for October 2024.

Key Metrics Summary (unaudited)
Metric	October 2024	September 2024
Self-Mining Bitcoin Earned1	369	345
Hosting Bitcoin Earned by Customers2	52	66
Average Self-Mined Bitcoin Earned/Day	11.9	11.5
Self-Mining Energized Hash rate3	19.7	20.4
Hosting Energized Hash rate4	2.1	3.0
Total Energized Hash rate	21.8	23.4
Bitcoin Sold5	370	370
Bitcoin Sales Proceeds ($USD)	Appx. $24.2 million	Appx. $22.2 million
Average Self-Mining Fleet Efficiency (J/TH)6	24.8	24.5
1 Self-Mining Bitcoin Earned represents bitcoin rewards earned by bitcoin miners owned and operated by Core Scientific
2 Hosting Bitcoin Earned represents estimated bitcoin rewards earned by customer-owned miners installed and operated by Core Scientific in our data centers
3 Self-Mining Energized Hash Rate represents the total rated capacity of all Company-owned bitcoin miners installed and operating in Core Scientific’s data centers.  Includes previous generation miners removed to accommodate new miners and then re-deployed opportunistically to exploit favorable mining economics.
4 Hosting Energized Hash Rate represents the total rated capacity of all hosted bitcoin miners owned by customers, installed and operated by Core Scientific in our data centers
5 Bitcoin Sold represents all bitcoin sold by the Company during the period
6 Average Self-Mining Fleet Efficiency (J/TH) represents the weighted average power consumption in Joules per terahash based on the actual efficiency of each model of miner operating in Core Scientific’s owned self-mining fleet

Data Centers

As of month-end, the Company operated approximately 185,000 bitcoin miners in our data centers for both self-mining and hosting, representing a total energized hash rate of 21.8 EH/s.

Digital Asset Self-Mining

Core Scientific earned 369 bitcoin in October from its owned fleet of miners. As of month end, the Company operated approximately 169,000 owned bitcoin miners, representing approximately 91% of the bitcoin miners operating in its data centers, and a total energized hash rate of 19.7 EH/s.

Hosting Services for Bitcoin Mining

In addition to its self-mining fleet, Core Scientific provided data center hosting services, technology and operating support for approximately 16,000 hosted, customer-owned bitcoin miners, representing approximately 9% of the bitcoin miners operating in the Company’s data centers as of October 31, 2024. Customer-owned bitcoin miners earned an estimated 52 bitcoin in October, including bitcoin rewards paid to the Company pursuant to proceeds sharing agreements.

Grid Support

The Company reduced the consumption of power at its data centers on multiple occasions, delivering 26,748 megawatt hours to local electrical grids.

Infrastructure Expansion

Core Scientific completed a project to add 100 MW of infrastructure to its Pecos, TX bitcoin mining data center in October.

ABOUT CORE SCIENTIFIC

Core Scientific, Inc. (“Core Scientific” or the “Company”) is a leader in digital infrastructure for bitcoin mining and high-performance computing. We operate dedicated, purpose-built facilities for digital asset mining and are a premier provider of digital infrastructure to our third-party customers. We employ our own large fleet of computers (“miners”) to earn digital assets for our own account and to provide hosting services for large bitcoin mining customers and we are in the process of allocating and converting a significant portion of our eight operational data centers in Georgia (2), Kentucky (1), North Carolina (1), North Dakota (1) and Texas (3), and our facility in development in Oklahoma to support artificial intelligence-related workloads under a series of contracts that entail the modification of certain of our data centers to deliver hosting services for high-performance computing (“HPC”). We derive the majority of our revenue from earning bitcoin for our own account (“self-mining”). To learn more, visit www.corescientific.com.

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS AND EXPLANATORY NOTES

This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including but not limited to, statements regarding projections, estimates and forecasts of revenue and other financial and performance metrics, projections of market opportunity and expectations, the Company’s ability to scale and grow its businesses, implement its business strategy, source necessary electrical energy, the advantages and expected growth of the Company and the Company’s ability to source and retain talent. You can identify forward-looking statements by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. These statements may include words such as “aim,” “estimate,” “plan,” “project,” “forecast,” “goal,” “intend,” “will,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “seek,” “target” or other similar expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends or that are not statements of historical matters. All forward looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially, including: our ability to earn digital assets profitably and to attract customers for our current and future expected hosting infrastructure; our ability to maintain our competitive position in our businesses; our ability to raise additional capital to continue our expansion efforts or other operations; our need for significant electric power and the limited availability of power resources; the potential failure in our critical systems, facilities or services we provide; the physical risks and regulatory changes relating to climate change; potential significant changes to the method of validating blockchain transactions; our vulnerability to physical security breaches, which could disrupt our operations; a potential slowdown in market and economic conditions, particularly those impacting artificial intelligence, high value computing, the blockchain industry and the blockchain hosting market; the identification of material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting; price volatility of digital assets and bitcoin in particular; the “halving” and other reduction of rewards available on the Bitcoin network, affecting our ability to generate revenue; the potential that insufficient awards from digital asset mining could disincentivize transaction processors from expending processing power on a particular network, which could negatively impact the utility of the network and further reduce the value of its digital assets; potential changes in the interpretive positions of the SEC or its staff with respect to digital asset mining firms; the increasing likelihood that U.S. federal and state legislatures and regulatory agencies will enact laws and regulations to regulate digital assets and digital asset intermediaries; increasing scrutiny and changing expectations with respect to our ESG policies; the effectiveness of our compliance and risk management methods; the adequacy of our sources of recovery if the digital assets held by us are lost, stolen or destroyed due to third-party digital asset services;; and our level of indebtedness and our current liquidity constraints affecting our financial condition and ability to service our indebtedness. Any such forward-looking statements represent management’s estimates and beliefs as of the date of this press release. While we may elect to update such forward-looking statements at some point in the future, we disclaim any obligation to do so, even if subsequent events cause our views to change.

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FAQ

How many Bitcoin did Core Scientific (CORZ) mine in October 2024?

Core Scientific self-mined 369 Bitcoin in October 2024.

What was Core Scientific's (CORZ) Bitcoin sales revenue in October 2024?

Core Scientific generated approximately $24.2 million in Bitcoin sales revenue in October 2024.

What was Core Scientific's (CORZ) total energized hash rate in October 2024?

Core Scientific's total energized hash rate was 21.8 EH/s in October 2024.

How many Bitcoin miners did Core Scientific (CORZ) operate in October 2024?

Core Scientific operated approximately 185,000 Bitcoin miners, including both self-mining and hosting operations.