Core Scientific and Port Muskogee Break Ground on 100 MW HPC Data Center
November 18 2024 - 1:00PM
Business Wire
Company growth continues in support of
high-performance compute customers
Core Scientific Inc. (Nasdaq: CORZ) (“Core Scientific” or the
“Company”), a leader in digital infrastructure for high-performance
computing and bitcoin mining, CoreWeave, the AI hyperscaler, and
Port Muskogee broke ground today on Core Scientific’s newest
state-of-the-art, high-performance computing data center. The
100-megawatt facility will host CoreWeave’s NVIDIA GPUs for an
undisclosed client.
This press release features multimedia. View
the full release here:
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241118256980/en/
Muskogee 100 MW HPC Data Center Site
(Photo: Business Wire)
“Today we celebrate the beginning of a project that highlights
Muskogee’s role as a center of next-generation, AI computing,” said
Adam Sullivan, Core Scientific Chief Executive Officer. “This
cutting-edge project was made possible thanks to the foresight
demonstrated by Port Muskogee’s team, Mayor Patrick Cale, and the
state of Oklahoma. Their support and determination make Muskogee a
focal point for one of the most important and dynamic technology
developments in modern times, creating an economic and job creation
engine for the region. We look forward to serving as a contributing
member of the local community for years to come.”
The 100 MW Muskogee data center will provide approximately 70 MW
of critical IT load to power the latest generation of NVIDIA GPUs,
with the remaining 30 MW powering ancillary systems required to
ensure optimal GPU performance. The Muskogee data center represents
a portion of the total 500 MW of critical IT load that CoreWeave
has contracted from Core Scientific for HPC hosting operations,
with a total potential contract value of $8.7 billion over the
12-year contracts, each with two five-year options. The site is
expected to be operational in 2026.
"Port Muskogee is proud to welcome Core Scientific and CoreWeave
to our community, a partnership poised to significantly impact
Muskogee’s economic future," said Port Muskogee’s Executive
Director, Kimbra Scott. "This facility is more than a data center;
it’s a commitment to economic progress, bringing more than $4
billion in capital investment and $182 million in local net
benefits over the life of the project. We are excited to be part of
Muskogee’s transformation into a hub for high-performance AI and
technology."
According to the latest impact projections, the Muskogee data
center will generate a net benefit of approximately $182 million in
the local economy, supporting 150 jobs and average salaries
exceeding $65,000. Local institutions, including Muskogee County,
Hilldale School District, and the City of Muskogee, stand to
receive substantial tax revenue, with projected property and sales
taxes bringing over $12 million to support community growth.
About Core Scientific, Inc.
Core Scientific, Inc. (“Core Scientific” or the “Company”) is a
leader in digital infrastructure for high-performance computing and
bitcoin mining. 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”). 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 business and execute on its growth plans and
hosting contracts, source clean and renewable energy, the
advantages, and 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 digital
asset and high performance compute hosting 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; our vulnerability to physical security breaches,
which could disrupt our operations; a potential slowdown in market
and economic conditions, particularly those impacting high
performance 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; 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. 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. Year
over year comparisons are based on the combined results of Core
Scientific and its acquired entities.
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, 2023,
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.
For additional media and information, please follow
us
https://www.linkedin.com/company/corescientific/
https://twitter.com/core_scientific
View source
version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241118256980/en/
Investors: ir@corescientific.com
Media: press@corescientific.com
Core Scientific (NASDAQ:CORZ)
Historical Stock Chart
From Nov 2024 to Dec 2024
Core Scientific (NASDAQ:CORZ)
Historical Stock Chart
From Dec 2023 to Dec 2024