CoreWeave joins data centre race: Nvidia-backed cloud computing firm set to buy Core Scientific for $9 billion
The cloud computing platform is following the trend of AI infrastructure firms racing to secure energy and data centre capacity needed to power surging demand.
The core of the deal lies in the urgent need of AI companies to expand their computing infrastructure, Reuters reported.
Amidst this growing demand, bitcoin miners' energy-intensive sites and power contracts, built during the crypto boom gained traction.
The deal will immediately eliminate more than $10 billion of cumulative future lease overhead to be paid for existing contractual sites over the next 12 years, CoreWeave said.
The offer values Core Scientific at $20.40 per share, representing a premium of around 66 per cent compared to the stock's closing price before reports of the deal emerged in late June.
Core Scientific stockholders will receive 0.1235 newly issued CoreWeave stock for each share they hold.
Following the announcement, Core Scientific's shares saw a steep drop of 22 per cent in morning trading, while Nvidia-backed CoreWeave was last down 4.5 per cent.
The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of this year, with the final price to be determined at that time.
Bitcoin miners have moved beyond their traditional area of cryptocurrency, tapping into the AI boom by leasing power and data center space to meet rising demand from AI workloads.
This acquisition is expected to set the bar for bitcoin miners looking for an opportunity of shifting to AI, Bernstein analyst Gautam Chhugani told Reuters, adding that power remains the biggest hurdle in AI data center expansion.
CoreWeave was originally founded as an Ethereum-focused crypto miner in 2017. However, the firm pivoted to AI a few years later.
It closed its mining business after "The Merge", Ethereum's 2022 upgrade, reduced rewards for miners.
CoreWeave's revenue has grown quickly, climbing more than eight-fold last year, according to the news agency.
The deal also marks a turnaround opportunity for Core Scientific, which filed for bankruptcy in late 2022 following a steep drop in bitcoin prices and rising energy costs.
The company emerged from bankruptcy in early 2024 and, like several other bitcoin miners, has been seeking a way to capitalise on the AI boom.
Core Scientific initially declined the takeover offer from CoreWeave in June 2024, citing that it was significantly undervalued.
The two companies later signed a series of 12-year contracts, including one under which Core Scientific agreed to provide CoreWeave with about 200 MW of infrastructure to charge its high-performance computing services.
CoreWeave, advised by Goldman Sachs, provides access to data centres and Nvidia-powered AI chips, with a current market value of about $79 billion, according to data compiled by Reuters.
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