- Self-Mined 1,143 Bitcoins in March
- Now Holds 8,497 Bitcoins
Core Scientific, Inc. (NASDAQ: CORZ) ("Core Scientific"
or “the Company”), a leader in high-performance, net carbon neutral
blockchain infrastructure and software solutions, today announced
production and operations updates for March 2022.
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“In March we self-mined 1,143 bitcoins, not only representing
our largest monthly bitcoin production to date, but also the
largest monthly production by any U.S.-based, publicly traded
bitcoin mining company,” said Mike Levitt, Core Scientific Chief
Executive Officer. “The more than 3,000 bitcoins we have mined in
2022 put us on a record pace for yearly bitcoin mining results and
for continued shareholder value creation.”
The Company also announced that Denise Sterling, Senior Vice
President of Finance, has been appointed to the role of Chief
Financial Officer and will be moving to the Austin, TX headquarters
later this year. Former CFO Michael Trzupek will leave the company
to pursue new opportunities after a transition period.
Self-Mining
Core Scientific’s self-mining operations produced 1,143 bitcoins
in March, averaging 36.9 bitcoins per day, an increase from
February’s daily average of 35. As of March 31, 2022, the Company
held 8,497 bitcoins produced from operations.
As of March month end, Core Scientific operated its own fleet of
more than 80,000 bitcoin miners, producing 8.3 EH/s. Core
Scientific will begin posting daily bitcoin self-mining production
on its corporate website (http://www.corescientific.com) the week
of April 11.
Hosting
In addition to its self-mining fleet, as of March 31, 2022, Core
Scientific provided infrastructure, technology and operating
support for a growing, diverse group of customers representing 7.9
EH/s. Company management highlighted continued strong demand
exceeding the available supply of its infrastructure and hosting
services on its March 29, 2022 earnings conference call.
Infrastructure
Core Scientific’s 100 MW Grand Forks, ND data center, placed
into service in November 2021, reached full operating capacity in
March. Other data centers owned and operated by the Company in
Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina and Texas continued to operate as
expected.
Grid Support
In the month of March, the Company was not asked to power-down
operations to support local electrical grids. As the Company has
demonstrated in prior months, it will continue to work with the
communities and utility companies in which it operates to enable
and ensure electrical grid stability.
CFO Transition
Denise Sterling joined Core Scientific in May 2021, built and
led the Company’s Financial Planning and Analysis function and
developed financial processes and procedures supporting the
Company’s entry into the public equity markets. Mrs. Sterling’s
role recently expanded to include providing analytical support to
the Company’s Board of Directors. Prior to joining Core Scientific,
Mrs. Sterling served as Senior Vice President of Finance and
FP&A for Oportun, a Nasdaq-listed financial services company,
in addition to her 23 years at Visa, Inc., where she served as
Senior Vice President, Risk Management, Visa Europe Account
Executive, Head of Finance Business Partners and Global Head of
Planning and Reporting.
Upcoming Conferences
The Company’s founders and co-Chairmen, Mike Levitt and Darin
Feinstein, will both be speaking this week at the Bitcoin 2022
conference, one of the largest bitcoin events in the world with
projected attendance of 25,000 people. Conference attendees can
visit Core Scientific at booth number 972 on the floor the Miami
Convention Center.
ABOUT CORE SCIENTIFIC
Core Scientific is one of the largest publicly traded, net
carbon-neutral blockchain infrastructure providers and miners of
digital assets in North America. Core Scientific has operated
blockchain infrastructure in North America since 2017, using its
facilities and intellectual property portfolio that has grown to
more than 70 patents or applications for digital asset hosted
mining and self-mining. Core Scientific operates data centers in
Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, North Dakota and Texas, and
expects to commence operations in Oklahoma in the second half of
2022. Core Scientific’s proprietary Minder® fleet management
software combines the Company’s hosting expertise with data
analytics to deliver maximum uptime, alerting, monitoring and
management of all miners in the Company’s network. To learn more,
visit http://www.corescientific.com.
As of September 30, 2021, over 50% of the power used in Core
Scientific’s operation was generated from non-carbon emitting
sources by local power providers pursuant to long-term power
contracts. The Company determines whether power is generated from
non-emitting energy sources from dispatch reports or grid
generation mix reports provided by the Company’s power providers.
Based on these reports Core Scientific purchased Green-e certified
renewable energy credits (“RECs”) to offset 100% of the carbon
produced as a result of its contracted power. The Company expects
to maintain its net carbon neutrality by increasing its overall use
of renewable power and by purchasing RECs when necessary.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS AND EXPLANATORY NOTES
This press release includes “forward-looking statements'' within
the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the United States
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking
statements may be identified by the use of words such as
“estimate,” “plan,” “project,” “forecast,” “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. These
forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, those
related to the Company’s ability to scale and grow its business,
source clean and renewable energy, the advantages and expected
growth of the Company, future estimates of revenue, net income and
adjusted EBITDA, future estimates of computing capacity and
operating capacity, future demand for hosting capacity, future
estimate of hashrate (including mix of self-mining and hosting) and
operating gigawatts, future projects in construction or negotiation
and future expectations of operation location, orders for miners
and critical infrastructure, future estimates of self-mining
capacity, the public float of the Company’s shares, future
infrastructure additions and their operational capacity, and
operating capacity and site features of the Company’s operations
center in Denton, Texas. These statements are provided for
illustrative purposes only and are based on various assumptions,
whether or not identified in this press release, and on the current
expectations of the Company’s management. These forward-looking
statements are not intended to serve, and must not be relied on by
any investor, as a guarantee, an assurance, a prediction or a
definitive statement of fact or probability. Actual events and
circumstances are difficult or impossible to predict and will
differ from assumptions. Many actual events and circumstances are
beyond the control of the Company. These forward-looking statements
are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including those
identified in the Company’s reports filed with the U.S. Securities
& Exchange Commission, and if any of these risks materialize or
our assumptions prove incorrect, actual results could differ
materially from the results implied by these forward-looking
statements. Accordingly, undue reliance should not be placed upon
the forward-looking statements.
Year over year comparisons are based on the combined results of
Core Scientific and its acquired entities.
Core Scientific provides this and any future similar unaudited
updates to provide shareholders with visibility into the Company’s
results and progress toward previously announced capacity and
operational projections.
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