Core Scientific Announces April 2024 Production and Operations Updates

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  Earned 803 self-mined bitcoin for a total of 3,628 bitcoin year-to-date, and our customers earned an estimated 265 bitcoin at our data centers in April
  
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  Completed deployment of 2.5 EH/s of S21 miners from previously announced order
  
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  Operated approximately 224,000 owned and hosted bitcoin miners for a total energized hash rate of 26.7 exahash as of April 30, 2024
  

Core Scientific, Inc.



(Nasdaq: CORZ)

(“Core Scientific” or “the Company”), a leader in bitcoin mining, specializing in application-specific digital infrastructure for emerging high-value compute,


today released unaudited production and operations updates for April 2024.

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Core Scientific is a leader in bitcoin mining, specializing in application specific digital infrastructure. (Photo: Business Wire)

“We surpassed 20 exahash of energized self-mining hash rate in April after completing the planned deployment of S21 miners and temporarily energizing prior generation miners at data centers where they can operate profitably,” said Adam Sullivan, Core Scientific’s Chief Executive Officer. “Strong cash generation enabled us to pay off $19 million in debt associated with mechanics’ liens and begin completion of 72 megawatts of partially built infrastructure at our Denton, Texas data center. This expansion is part of our multi-year growth plan to add 372 megawatts of new infrastructure, which represents more than 20 exahash of new hash rate.”

“With the halving behind us, we continue to focus on increasing productivity and efficiency, improving our average miner energy efficiency to 25.8 joules per terahash. We are also in active discussion with potential hosting clients regarding our high-performance compute offering and believe that our unique business model can enhance our revenue and growth potential, thereby increasing shareholder value,” Mr. Sullivan added.

Key Metrics Summary (unaudited)

Data Centers

As of month-end, the Company operated approximately 224,000 bitcoin miners in our data centers for both self-mining and hosting, representing a total energized hash rate of 26.7 EH/s at its seven data centers in Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, North Dakota and Texas.

Self-Mining

Core Scientific earned 803 bitcoin in April from its owned fleet of miners. As of month end, the Company operated approximately 173,000 owned bitcoin miners, representing approximately 77% of the bitcoin miners operating in its data centers and a total energized hash rate of 20.4 EH/s.

Hosting Services

In addition to its self-mining fleet, Core Scientific provided data center hosting services, technology and operating support for approximately 51,000 hosted, customer-owned bitcoin miners, representing approximately 23% of the bitcoin miners operating in the Company’s data centers as of April 30, 2024. Customer-owned bitcoin miners earned an estimated 265 bitcoin in April, 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 several occasions in April, delivering 9,842 megawatt hours to local grid partners. By supporting the grid in such a fashion, Core Scientific helps grid operators keep power flowing to their customers when temperatures rise and air conditioning use increases, and when temperatures drop and heating use increases. Core Scientific works with utility companies and the communities in which it operates to enhance electrical grid stability.

New Miner Deployments

The Company completed the deployment of its new Bitmain S21 miners with total rated hash rate of 2.5 EH/s in April. Prior generation miners replaced by the new S21s are now operating at Core Scientific’s Calvert City, KY and Pecos, TX data centers. A change in mining economics may result in these prior generation miners being removed and stored, thereby decreasing the Company’s total operational infrastructure and hash rate.

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ABOUT CORE SCIENTIFIC

Core Scientific is one of the largest bitcoin miners and hosting solutions providers for bitcoin mining in North America. Transforming energy into high value compute with superior efficiency at scale, we employ our own large fleet of computers (“miners”) to earn bitcoin for our own account and provide hosting services for large bitcoin mining customers at our seven operational data centers in Georgia (2), Kentucky (1), North Carolina (1), North Dakota (1) and Texas (2). 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

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