Core Scientific Signs AI Data Center Deal With AMD Amid Shift From Bitcoin Mining
Highlights
- The deal will grant AMD access to up to 2.5 gigawatts of data center capacity.
- AMD will also receive market-priced warrants to purchase Core Scientific’s common stock.
- Core Scientific’s stock climbed over 5% following the announcement of the deal.
Core Scientific has signed a major deal with chipmaker AMD to lease its AI infrastructure starting next year as the company pivots from Bitcoin mining. The CORZ stock climbed on the back of this deal, which could also see AMD purchase the miner’s common stock.
Core Scientific Signs Deal To Lease AI Infrastructure To AMD
In a press release, the firm and AMD announced a deal that would see the latter secure up to 2.5 gigawatts of data center capacity starting in 2027 to support end customer deployments of AMD AI solutions. As part of the agreement, both companies revealed that they will collaborate on physical infrastructure design and the deployment of AMD Instinct™ GPUs, EPYC™ CPUs, and ROCm™ software.
This agreement comes as Core Scientific pivots from Bitcoin mining to building AI infrastructure, including data centers. As CoinGape reported, Core Scientific sold 1,900 BTC earlier this year to provide liquidity as it makes this transition.
The company still holds 547 BTC, according to BitcoinTreasuries data. The miner noted that it still derives revenue from earning crypto from the company’s own account and from crypto mining hosting services. However, it is in the process of repurposing its remaining facilities to support its high-density colocation services.
Core Scientific is just one of many Bitcoin miners pivoting to provide AI infrastructure. Bitcoin Miner MARA recently expanded its AI infrastructure with a Texas site acquisition. Meanwhile, TeraWulf signed a 20-year data center deal with Anthropic earlier this month.
CORZ Stock Drops At Market Open
CORZ stock has dropped over 3% at the market open today amid the announcement of Core Scientific’s deal with AMD. The stock surged over 5% in premarket trading but has now slipped as the stock market sell-off deepens.
Core Scientific stock is also down over 12% over the past week. However, the stock is up over 40% year-to-date (YTD) amid the pivot from Bitcoin mining to providing AI infrastructure as AI demand increases.
Meanwhile, Core Scientific revealed that AMD will also receive market-priced warrants to purchase its common stock, subject to certain commercial conditions as part of the agreement.
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