Core Scientific Announces Fiscal First Quarter 2025 Results

Business Wire

08-05-2025

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Core Scientific, Inc. (NASDAQ: CORZ), a leader in digital infrastructure for high-density colocation services and digital asset mining, today announced financial results for the fiscal first quarter of 2025. Net income was $580.7 million, as compared to $210.7 million for the same period in 2024. Total revenue was $79.5 million, as compared to $179.3 million for the same period last year. Operating loss was $42.6 million, as compared to Operating income of $55.2 million for the same period in 2024. Adjusted EBITDA was $(6.1) million, as compared to $88.0 million for the same period in the prior year. First quarter net income of $580.7 million resulted primarily from a net $621.5 million non-cash mark-to-market adjustment in the value of our tranche 1 and tranche 2 warrants and other contingent value rights required as a result of the significant quarter-over-quarter decrease in our share price.
'This quarter marks an inflection point for Core Scientific. In a matter of months, we have transformed vision into execution, delivering infrastructure at scale and positioning ourselves at the center of one of the most important shifts in modern computing. The pace of demand for high-performance data infrastructure is accelerating, and our ability to move with speed and precision is setting us apart. We are not just expanding capacity; we are shaping the foundation for the next era of data center infrastructure,' said Adam Sullivan, Core Scientific's Chief Executive Officer.
Fiscal First Quarter 2025 Financial Results (Compared to Fiscal First Quarter 2024)
Total revenue for the fiscal first quarter of 2025 was $79.5 million, consisting of $67.2 million in Digital asset self-mining revenue, $3.8 million in Digital asset hosted mining revenue and $8.6 million in Colocation (formerly 'HPC hosting') revenue.
Digital asset self-mining gross profit for the fiscal first quarter of 2025 was $6.0 million (9% gross margin), compared to $68.4 million (46% gross margin) for the same period in the prior year, a decrease of $62.4 million. The decrease in Digital asset self-mining gross profit was primarily driven by a $82.8 million decrease in self-mining revenue, the result of a 75% decrease in bitcoin mined due to the halving and the operational shift to Colocation, partially offset by a 74% increase in the average price of bitcoin and a 33% decrease in power costs due to lower rates and usage.
Digital asset hosted mining gross profit for the fiscal first quarter of 2025 was $1.7 million (46% gross margin), as compared to $9.3 million (32% gross margin) for the same period in the prior year. The decrease in Digital asset hosted mining gross profit was primarily due to a $25.6 million decrease in hosted mining revenue driven by our operational shift to Colocation, partially offset by a 90% decrease in power costs due to lower usage driven by our operational shift to Colocation and lower rates.
Colocation gross profit for the fiscal first quarter of 2025 was $0.5 million (5% gross margin). Colocation revenue includes a base license fee as well as the direct pass-through of power costs to our client, with no margin added. Colocation costs at our Austin, Texas data center consist primarily of lease expense, the direct pass-through of power costs, and direct and indirect facilities operations expenses, including personnel and benefit costs and stock-based compensation. The non-GAAP gross margin for the fiscal first quarter of 2025, which excludes the direct pass-through of power costs, was 8%.
Selling, general and administrative expenses for the fiscal first quarter of 2025 totaled $40.1 million, as compared to $16.9 million for the same period in the prior year. The increase of $23.2 million was primarily attributable to a $13.9 million increase in stock-based compensation, a $7.2 million increase in non-capitalizable Colocation site startup costs, and a $2.5 million increase in personnel and related expenses due to increased employee headcount to support our transition to Colocation operations.
Net income for the fiscal first quarter of 2025 was $580.7 million, as compared to $210.7 million for the same period in the prior year. Net income for the fiscal first quarter of 2025 increased by $370.0 million driven primarily by a net $621.5 million mark-to-market adjustment on our warrants and other contingent value rights comprising a $634.3 million decrease in the fair value of warrant liabilities, partially offset by a $12.8 million increase in fair value of contingent value rights. These mark-to-market adjustments were driven by the decrease in our stock price during the fiscal first quarter of 2025. Also contributing to the increase in net income was a $16.3 million decrease in interest expense, net due primarily by an $8.7 million decrease in interest expense due to lower interest rates compared to the same period in the prior year, and a $7.9 million increase in proceeds from money market funds. These increases to net income were partially offset by $111.4 million of Reorganization items, net, reflecting the Company's emergence from bankruptcy during the first fiscal quarter of 2024, with no comparable activity in fiscal 2025 and a $99.8 million decrease in Total revenue, the result of a 75% decrease in bitcoin mined due to the halving and the operational shift to Colocation.
Non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA for the fiscal first quarter 2025 was $(6.1) million, as compared to Non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA of $88.0 million for the same period in the prior year. This $94.1 million decrease was driven by a $99.8 million decrease in total revenue, a $11.2 million decrease in the change in fair value of digital assets, and a $7.4 million increase in cash operating expenses, partially offset by a $21.4 million decrease in cash cost of revenue and a $3.0 million decrease in realized losses on energy derivatives.
CONFERENCE CALL AND LIVE WEBCAST
In conjunction with this release, Core Scientific, Inc. will host a conference call today, Wednesday, May 7, 2025, at 4:30 pm Eastern Time that will be webcast live. Adam Sullivan, Chief Executive Officer, Jim Nygaard, Chief Financial Officer and Jon Charbonneau, Vice President, Investor Relations, will host the call.
Investors may dial into the call by using the following telephone numbers: [phone] (U.S. toll free) or [phone] (U.S. local) five to ten minutes prior to the start time to allow for registration.
Investors with Internet access may listen to the live audio webcast via the Investor Relations page of the Core Scientific, Inc. website, http://investors.corescientific.com or by using the following link https://event.choruscall.com/mediaframe/webcast.html?webcastid=7cGzCf6F. Please allow 10 minutes prior to the call to download and install any necessary audio software. A replay of the audio webcast will be available for one year.
A supplementary investor presentation for the fiscal first quarter 2025 may be accessed at https://investors.corescientific.com/news-events/presentations.
AUDIO REPLAY
An audio replay of the event will be archived on the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at http://investors.corescientific.com and via telephone by dialing [phone] (U.S. toll free) or [phone] (U.S. local) and entering Access Code 13753188.
ABOUT CORE SCIENTIFIC
Core Scientific, Inc. ('Core Scientific' or the 'Company') is a leader in digital infrastructure for high-density colocation services and digital asset mining. We operate dedicated, purpose-built facilities for digital asset mining and are a premier provider of digital infrastructure, software solutions and services 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 digital asset mining customers and we are in the process of allocating and converting a significant portion of our ten facilities in Alabama (1), Georgia (2), Kentucky (1), North Carolina (1), North Dakota (1), Oklahoma (1) and Texas (3) to support artificial intelligence-related workloads under a series of contracts that entail the modification of certain of our data centers to deliver next generation colocation services. We derive the majority of our revenue from earning digital assets for our own account ('self-mining'). To learn more, visit www.corescientific.com.
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, grow its business and execute on its growth plans and hosting contracts, source energy at reasonable rates, the advantages, expected growth, and anticipated future revenue 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 high density colocation capabilities; our ability to perform under our existing colocation agreements, our ability to maintain our competitive position in our existing operating segments, the impact of increases in total network hash rate; 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 high density computing, the blockchain industry and the blockchain hosting market; price volatility of digital assets and bitcoin in particular; potential changes in the interpretive positions of the SEC or its staff with respect to digital asset mining firms; the likelihood that U.S. federal and state legislatures and regulatory agencies will enact laws and regulations to regulate digital assets and digital asset intermediaries; changing expectations with respect to 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; 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.
Although the Company believes that in making such forward-looking statements its expectations are based upon reasonable assumptions, such statements may be influenced by factors that could cause actual outcomes and results to be materially different from those projected. The Company cannot assure you that the assumptions upon which these statements are based will prove to have been correct. Additional important factors that may affect the Company's business, results of operations and financial position are described from time to time in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and the Company's other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required by applicable law.
March 31,
2025
2024
Assets
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
$
697,942
$
836,197
Restricted cash
783
783
Accounts receivable
1,018
1,025
Digital assets
80,646
23,893
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
52,789
42,064
Total Current Assets
833,178
903,962
Property, plant and equipment, net
650,291
556,342
Operating lease right-of-use assets
111,203
114,472
Other noncurrent assets
30,699
24,039
Total Assets
$
1,625,371
$
1,598,815
Liabilities and Stockholders' Deficit
Current Liabilities:
Accounts payable
$
6,328
$
19,265
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
95,492
69,230
Deferred revenue
60,872
18,134
Operating lease liabilities, current portion
9,982
9,974
Finance lease liabilities, current portion
1,161
1,669
Notes payable, current portion
16,214
16,290
Contingent value rights, current portion
5,461
—
Total Current Liabilities
195,510
134,562
Operating lease liabilities, net of current portion
94,953
97,843
Convertible and other notes payable, net of current portion
1,071,843
1,073,990
Contingent value rights, net of current portion
11,628
4,272
Warrant liabilities
421,902
1,097,285
Other noncurrent liabilities
11,042
11,043
Total Liabilities
1,806,878
2,418,995
Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders' Deficit:
Preferred stock; $0.00001 par value; 2,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024
—
—
Common stock; $0.00001 par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024; 299,087 and 292,606 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively
3
3
Additional paid-in capital
2,973,015
2,915,035
Accumulated deficit
(3,154,525
)
(3,735,218
)
Total Stockholders' Deficit
(181,507
)
(820,180
)
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Deficit
$
1,625,371
$
1,598,815
Expand
Core Scientific, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended March 31,
2025
2024
Revenue:
Digital asset self-mining revenue
$
67,179
$
149,959
Digital asset hosted mining revenue from customers
3,773
29,332
Colocation revenue
8,573
—
Total revenue
79,525
179,291
Cost of revenue:
Cost of digital asset self-mining
61,170
81,564
Cost of digital asset hosted mining services
2,036
20,081
Cost of Colocation services
8,106
—
Total cost of revenue
71,312
101,645
Gross profit
8,213
77,646
Change in fair value of digital assets
10,688
—
Gain from sales of digital assets
—
(543
)
Change in fair value of energy derivatives
—
2,218
Losses on exchange or disposal of property, plant and equipment
6
3,820
Selling, general and administrative
40,115
16,924
Operating (loss) income
(42,596
)
55,227
Non-operating expenses (income), net:
Loss on debt extinguishment
—
50
Interest (income) expense, net
(2,187
)
14,087
Change in fair value of warrants and contingent value rights
(621,464
)
(60,114
)
Reorganization items, net
—
(111,439
)
Other non-operating expense, net
157
1,746
Total non-operating income, net
(623,494
)
(155,670
)
Income before income taxes
580,898
210,897
Income tax expense
205
206
Net income
$
580,693
$
210,691
Net income per share
Basic
$
1.44
$
0.91
Diluted
$
1.25
$
0.78
Weighted average shares outstanding
Basic
315,186
230,954
Diluted
363,314
282,531
Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified for consistency with the current year presentation.
Expand
Core Scientific, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(in thousands)
Three Months Ended March 31,
2025
2024
Cash flows from Operating Activities:
Net income
$
580,693
$
210,691
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization
19,731
28,996
Losses on exchange or disposal of property, plant and equipment
6
3,820
Amortization of operating lease right-of-use assets
2,676
770
Stock-based compensation
16,185
(1,060
)
Digital asset self-mining and shared hosting revenue
(67,441
)
(149,959
)
Proceeds from sale of digital assets generated by self-mining and shared hosting revenues 1
—
152,810
Change in fair value of digital assets
10,688
—
Gain from sale of digital assets
—
(543
)
Change in fair value of energy derivatives
—
(797
)
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities
(634,280
)
(18,390
)
Change in fair value of contingent value rights
12,816
(41,724
)
Loss on debt extinguishment
—
50
Amortization of debt discount
1,732
660
Non-cash reorganization items
—
(143,791
)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable, net
6
(106
)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
(10,469
)
(5,989
)
Accounts payable
(14,295
)
(9,735
)
Accrued expenses and other
2,712
(10,351
)
Deferred revenue from colocation services
42,005
—
Deferred revenue from hosted mining services
734
(580
)
Other noncurrent assets and liabilities, net
(4,098
)
7,402
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities
(40,599
)
22,174
Cash flows from Investing Activities:
Purchases of property, plant and equipment
(88,422
)
(31,894
)
Purchase of equity investments
(5,000
)
—
Investments in internally developed software
(36
)
(76
)
Net cash used in investing activities
(93,458
)
(31,970
)
Cash flows from Financing Activities:
Principal repayments of finance leases
(509
)
(3,554
)
Principal payments on debt
(3,955
)
(13,702
)
Proceeds from exercise of warrants
266
—
Proceeds from issuance of new common stock
—
55,000
Proceeds from draw from exit facility
—
20,000
Restricted stock tax holding obligations
—
(3,390
)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options
—
9
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities
(4,198
)
54,363
Net (decrease) increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
(138,255
)
44,567
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash—beginning of period
836,980
69,709
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash—end of period
$
698,725
$
114,276
Reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash within the consolidated balance sheets to the amounts shown in the consolidated statements of cash flows above:
Cash and cash equivalents
$
697,942
$
98,125
Restricted cash
783
16,151
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
$
698,725
$
114,276
Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified for consistency with the current year presentation.
Expand
1 Proceeds from digital assets received as noncash revenue consideration liquidated nearly immediately after receipt as a routine operating activity.
Expand
Core Scientific, Inc.
Segment Results
(in thousands, except percentages)
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended March 31,
2025
2024
Digital Asset Self-Mining Segment
(in thousands, except percentages)
Digital asset self-mining revenue
$
67,179
$
149,959
Cost of digital asset self-mining:
Power fees
30,319
44,983
Depreciation expense
19,259
27,478
Employee compensation
7,335
4,680
Facility operations expense
3,280
2,950
Other segment items
977
1,473
Total cost of digital asset self-mining
61,170
81,564
Digital Asset Self-Mining gross profit
$
6,009
$
68,395
Digital Asset Self-Mining gross margin
9
%
46
%
Digital Asset Hosted Mining Segment
Digital asset hosted mining revenue from customers
$
3,773
$
29,332
Cost of digital asset hosted mining services:
Power fees
1,367
13,494
Depreciation expense
145
1,270
Employee compensation
332
1,404
Facility operations expense
148
885
Other segment items
44
3,028
Total cost of digital asset hosted mining services
2,036
20,081
Digital Asset Hosted Mining gross profit
$
1,737
$
9,251
Digital Asset Hosted Mining gross margin
46
%
32
%
Colocation Segment
Colocation revenue:
License fees
$
5,995
$
—
Maintenance and other
(8
)
—
Licensing revenue
5,987
—
Power fees passed through to customer
2,586
—
Total Colocation revenue
8,573
—
Cost of Colocation services:
Depreciation expense
67
—
Employee compensation
1,295
—
Facility operations expense
3,852
—
Other segment items
306
—
Cost of licensing revenue
5,520
—
Power fees passed through to customer
2,586
—
Total cost of Colocation services
8,106
—
Colocation gross profit
$
467
$
—
Colocation licensing gross margin
8
%
—
%
HPC Hosting gross margin
5
%
—
%
Consolidated
Consolidated total revenue
$
79,525
$
179,291
Consolidated cost of revenue
$
71,312
—
$
101,645
Consolidated gross profit
$
8,213
$
77,646
Consolidated gross margin
10
%
43
%
Expand
Core Scientific, Inc.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
(Unaudited)
Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure defined as our net income, adjusted to eliminate the effect of (i) interest income, interest expense, and other income (expense), net; (ii) provision for income taxes; (iii) depreciation and amortization; (iv) stock-based compensation expense; (v) Reorganization items, net; (vi) unrealized fair value adjustment on energy derivatives; (vii) change in the fair value of warrant and contingent value rights, (viii) Colocation organizational startup costs which are not reflective of the ongoing costs incurred after startup, (ix) post-emergence bankruptcy advisory costs incurred related to reorganization which are not reflective of the ongoing costs incurred in post-emergence operations, and (x) certain additional non-cash items that do not reflect the performance of our ongoing business operations. For additional information, including the reconciliation of net income to Adjusted EBITDA, please refer to the table below. We believe Adjusted EBITDA is an important measure because it allows management, investors, and our Board of Directors to evaluate and compare our operating results, including our return on capital and operating efficiencies, from period-to-period by making the adjustments described above. In addition, it provides useful information to investors and others in understanding and evaluating our results of operations, as well as provides a useful measure for period-to-period comparisons of our business, as it removes the effect of net interest expense, taxes, certain non-cash items, variable charges and timing differences. Moreover, we have included Adjusted EBITDA in this earnings release because it is a key measurement used by our management internally to make operating decisions, including those related to operating expenses, evaluate performance, and perform strategic and financial planning.
The above items are excluded from our Adjusted EBITDA measure because these items are non-cash in nature or because the amount and timing of these items are not related to the current results of our core business operations which renders evaluation of our current performance, comparisons of performance between periods and comparisons of our current performance with our competitors less meaningful. However, you should be aware that when evaluating Adjusted EBITDA, we may incur future expenses similar to those excluded when calculating this measure. Our presentation of this measure should not be construed as an inference that its future results will be unaffected by unusual items. Further, this non-GAAP financial measure should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, financial information prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ('GAAP'). We compensate for these limitations by relying primarily on GAAP results and using Adjusted EBITDA on a supplemental basis. Our computation of Adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures computed by other companies because not all companies calculate this measure in the same fashion. You should review the reconciliation of net income to Adjusted EBITDA below and not rely on any single financial measure to evaluate our business.
The following table reconciles the non-GAAP financial measure to the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP financial performance measure, which is net income, for the periods presented (in thousands):
Please follow us on:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/corescientific/
https://twitter.com/core_scientific