Core Scientific, Inc./tx — Call Transcript 2026

Please note this conference is being recorded. I will now turn the conference over to your host, Jon Charbonneau, SVP, Investor Relations. Please go ahead, sir. Great, thank you. Good afternoon, welcome to Core Scientific's first quarter 2026 earnings call. Before we begin, I need to remind you the statements made on this call other than historical facts are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and are based on our current expectations. Words such as anticipates, estimates, expects, intends and believes, and similar words and expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ substantially. For further information on these risks and uncertainties, we encourage you to review the risk factors discussed in the company's reports on Form 10-Q and 8-K filed today with the SEC and the press release and slide presentation contained therein. The forward-looking statements we make today speak as of today, and we do not undertake any obligation to update any such statement to reflect events or circumstances occurring after today. Today's presentation is available on our website, investors.corescientific.com. The content of this conference call contains information that is accurate as of today, May 6, 2026. Joining me today from Core Scientific are our CEO, Adam Sullivan, Chief Operating Officer Matt Brown, and Chief Financial Officer Jim Nygaard. We will conduct a question-and-answer session after management's remarks. We will now begin with remarks from Adam. Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for joining us. platform designed to support the most demanding compute workloads in the market. Over the past year, we've translated that strategy into execution, delivering high density capacity at scale across multiple states. Those sites were an important starting point, but our first customer was never Core Scientific's full story. Delivering these initial sites enhances our operating credibility and provides a significant capital foundation we need to scale meaningfully from here. We have shown clearly our ability to deliver at scale. Across five sites, we are now developing one of the largest multi-site AI infrastructure build-outs in the market. We are now earning revenue on approximately 245 MW, with another 200 MW expected to be earning revenue in the coming months. Our execution, combined with the favorable structure of our CoreWeave contracts, has enabled our next phase of growth. Today, we closed on a $3.3 billion capital raise supported by that contract, with the proceeds to be used for future growth and the development of projects for other customers. The fact that we have five facilities fully leased and financed by our tenant is a meaningful differentiator. We have the ability to push the next phase of development in a disciplined way by securing the land, labor, and equipment to protect timelines and accelerate delivery. As these new projects are leased, we expect opportunities for further financing to continue the cycle of our forward development go-to-market strategy. Our next phase of development has already begun. In late last year, we committed existing cash on hand to purchase equipment for our other existing sites. With the new secured financing, we are now accelerating development activity across multiple sites, including Pecos, Muskogee, Hunt, Dalton phase III, and Auburn. This positions us differently in the market. We are not waiting for deal negotiations to conclude before advancing sites. With capital in place, we can move early, bringing RFS timelines within the 12 to 14-month timeframe that customers are actively trying to solve for. We are also scaling our campuses in a repeatable way. Today, we announced a path to approximately 1.5 GWs at Muskogee, closely following a similar plan at Pecos. A key enabler of that scale is power strategy. Customers are increasingly focused on solutions beyond existing grid capacity, including behind-the-meter options. We are proactively positioning our sites to support those needs, including efforts to secure natural gas infrastructure where appropriate to enable future expansion. Pecos is a clear example. We are actively converting the site from Bitcoin mining to high density colocation, with construction already underway and a pathway to RFS within 12 months. Muskogee is another. We see a path to 1.5 GWs of gross power supported by grid expansion, the Polaris acquisition, and behind-the-meter solutions, and we expect to deliver additional data center capacity outside of our current contract in late 2027. Stepping back, we are executing a repeatable model, secure strategic sites, invest ahead of contracts where appropriate, and create assets that are increasingly compelling as they approach readiness. That brings me to our commercial progress. We are engaging customers from a position of strength. Because development is already underway, our timelines are not dependent on contract timing, an important distinction in this market. As we previously discussed, we are engaged in an exclusivity process with a hyperscaler across Pecos and Muskogee. That exclusivity is now expired. Three hyperscalers immediately engaged on those same sites, and we are now in active discussions. This reinforced both the strategic value of these assets and the depth of demand for large scale, high density capacity. It also informed how we approach exclusivity going forward. While it likely remains a necessary part of some deal negotiations, it must also include clear milestones. In a market like this, we will not keep high value assets off the market longer than necessary. Our conversations with potential customers have increased significantly since the beginning of the year. Hyperscalers remain our primary focus, and we are also seeing growing engagement from chip makers, AI labs, and neocloud providers. These emerging customer segments represent meaningful opportunity, though they often require additional credit support. We are actively working with customers and financing partners on structures that can support long term financable commitments. Stepping back, our position is clear. We are building a scaled, high density digital infrastructure platform with a diversified site portfolio. We are deploying capital to secure timelines and accelerate delivery. We are also seeing strong customer demand. Based on our execution, capital position, and commercial momentum, we are confident in our ability to continue expanding and creating long term value for our customers and our shareholders. With that, I'll turn the call over to Matt Brown to provide more details on our operations and development progress. Matt. Thanks, Adam. As we reflect on the first quarter, our operational priorities may remain clear. Execute on our existing build pipeline, bring capacity online efficiently, and position the business for the next phase of large scale expansion. Demand for high performance compute infrastructure remains strong, and we have focused on aligning our delivery timelines, supply chain readiness, and power strategies to meet that demand. I'll begin with an update on our CoreWeave dedicated facilities, where we continue to execute at pace and at scale. Today, I am pleased to announce that we have delivered 243 MW of billable capacity to CoreWeave. This includes a milestone with a full turnover of both our Marble, N.C. and Dalton, Ga. phase I data centers. At Marble, we completed construction and successfully transitioned the entire facility into operations, bringing 65 MW of billable capacity online. At Dalton phase I, we likewise achieved full site handover and delivery 30 MW into service. These milestones reflect the team's ability to execute efficiently at scale, transition assets seamlessly from construction to revenue generation, and consistently align to customer timelines, all of which remain critical as we continue to move forward. Across our remaining contracted sites, we will continue delivering billable megawatts over the coming months while scaling execution on the CoreWeave contract, positioning us to deliver more than 450 billables by the end of the summer, while remaining on track to deliver the full 590 MW by the early 2027. Turning to our non-CoreWeave developments, where we are advancing our development strategy. Our Pecos, Texas campus is one of our most significant development opportunities, with a plan to scale from 300 MW to 1.5 GW through a multi-pronged expansion strategy. At the core is our power roadmap. We've secured an additional 300 MW and are advancing a mix of grid connected and behind-the-meter solutions to support long term growth. The behind-the-meter strategy leverages low emission generation and concludes the construction of a linear gas pipeline to the campus. Together, these efforts are designed to accelerate time to power, enhance resilience, and reduce the supply chain risk while enabling us to meet hyperscale demand. In parallel, construction of our initial 431,000 sq ft, 185 MW facility is progressing from civil work into foundation phases with precast walls arriving for vertical construction. Long lead items equipment has been secured, helping reduce execution risk and support timelines. We are also advancing infrastructure for high density colocation, including redundant fiber capacity and a new regional interconnect point in Midland, Texas, linking back to the Pecos campus. At our Muskogee, Oklahoma campus, today, we announced plans for the expansion of the site to 1.5 MW of gross power or approximately 1 GW of leasable capacity. Similar to Pecos, this expansion will leverage a combination of behind-the-meter infrastructure and utility supply power, including the roughly 440 MW acquired through the Polaris transaction. With our general contractor already secured on site, we have begun development of the first 82.5 MW building, with initial delivery expected in the second half of 2027. Finally, turning to other development sites, Hunt County, Texas, Dalton, Georgia, phase III, and Auburn, Alabama, each continues to advance through pre-construction milestones and remains on track to meet their initial delivery timelines. In closing, as we look ahead, we remain confident in our ability to execute against our commitments and capture opportunities in front of us. The combination of strong demand, a growing portfolio of scale developments, and continued progress on our power infrastructure strategies position us well for the quarters ahead. With that, I'll turn it over to Jim. Thanks, Matt. During the first quarter, we reached an important inflection point as our colocation revenue scaled to a level sufficient to cover operating costs and begin expanding margins. This marks a meaningful milestone in our transition, with colocation now becoming an important driver of our overall financial profile. Today, we are billing for 243 MW, which equates to more than $350 million of annualized colocation GAAP revenue, with significant additional capacity expected to begin billing over the next several months. As a reminder, under GAAP, revenue from the CoreWeave contract is recognized on a straight-line basis over the 12-year lease term, effectively pulling escalators forward. From a Bitcoin mining perspective, we remain focused on optimization and are running that business to help offset contractual power costs as we continue the transition toward high-density colocation. Going forward, we expect mining activity to continue winding down over the course of the year with a meaningful step down in miners online in the second half. Earlier this year, we monetized a significant portion of our Bitcoin holdings and currently retain only a modest amount of Bitcoin on the balance sheet. Moving on to costs. First quarter SG&A on a cash basis was just over $30 million. While we are not providing explicit SG&A guidance, we believe this level represents a reasonable baseline for corporate expenses going forward, with the potential for opportunistic investments to support growth over the next few years. Separately, you may have noticed that we increased our target cash gross profit range for the CoreWeave contract to 80%-85%, up from our original target of 75%-80%. We first introduced that target roughly two years ago, and today we have much greater visibility into the associated cost structure, given we are now billing for a meaningful portion of the contracted megawatts. With that operating backdrop, let me turn to capital formation, where today marked another major milestone for Core Scientific. We closed our previously announced $3.3 billion CoreWeave project bond financing at a 7.75% interest rate, which we view as highly attractive cost of capital for a financing of this scale. After closing costs and funding the required debt service reserve account, net proceeds were approximately $2.9 billion. For additional context, the bonds include a lockbox structure, which is a cash control mechanism where project revenues are paid directly into a designated account and then applied through the indenture-defined cash waterfall, first to operating expenses, then to debt service, and finally to other uses permitted by the indenture. Unlike a traditional project finance structure where a lockbox is created to fund a specific project under development, our structure enables the distribution of the vast majority of offering proceeds up to the corporate level to facilitate investments in a variety of new projects outside the box. Going forward, the lockbox will service the debt secured by CoreWeave contracted site assets and cash flows. From this perspective, the transaction significantly strengthens our consolidated capital position, validates the quality and predictability of our contracted cash flows, and gives us the ability to execute the next phase of our growth plan with greater flexibility, speed, and certainty. We expect to deploy roughly $2 billion of total capital expenditures in 2026. This includes approximately $700 million for both the Hunt County, Texas, site acquisition, which closed yesterday, and the Polaris acquisition at our Muskogee, Oklahoma, site announced earlier today, as well as expenditures to begin pre-seeding approximately 1 GW of new billable capacity. This includes long lead time equipment procurement and various site development and utility support activities across multiple project locations. We are strategically positioning the business to sign attractive new customer contracts with capacity outside of CoreWeave available for delivery starting in early 2027. The platform we are building together with cost-effective capital we have secured for new project equity investments is differentiated in the market, and we believe it positions Core Scientific to create meaningful long-term shareholder value. Lastly, we recently welcomed Jorge Rey as our Chief Accounting Officer, further strengthening our finance and accounting team. Jorge brings valuable accounting and public company reporting experience, and his leadership will be important as we continue to scale the business and support our next phase of growth. I'll now turn the call over to the operator for questions. Thank you. Our first question will come from Brett Knoblauch with Cantor Fitzgerald. Hi, guys. Thanks for taking my question and congrats on the site expansion at Texas and Muskogee. I guess maybe just on the Hyperscale exclusivity, it expired. Clearly, there's demand with additional tenants kind of, you know, backfilling that. Could you maybe shed light on, you know, why it expired, why it didn't progress? Is there anything that maybe those sites were not of interest or, you know, they weren't interested in or just, you know, some more color around that dynamic? Absolutely. Thank you, Brett Knoblauch. Those sites, as you mentioned, are incredibly attractive, both Pecos and Muskogee, given their ability to scale, represent tremendous opportunity for hyperscaler. As we noted in prepared remarks, three hyperscalers immediately engage. They're incredibly attractive sites. Really, with the one that we're under exclusivity with, it's hard to determine the exact reasons why. For us, we got to the end of the exclusivity and we thought this is the best time for us to bring these back to market because hyperscalers were knocking at the door and asking questions about the sites, and we knew we couldn't have an opportunity to bring another hyperscaler into the fray. We feel great about our position today, given the competitive dynamic. Perfect. Yeah, maybe just one follow-up. You know, it seems like kind of the AI pendulum swinging into full, you know, bull mode here. You guys do have, I believe, a lot of capacity available to these kind of RFS, you know, by early 2027. Do we think we're closer to maybe a second tenant today than we were, you know, when you guys reported 4Q in early March? Yeah, I mean, when you look across our site portfolio, you know, we have five sites with first data halls RFS in 2027. It's incredibly unique position given the different size and scale and geography spread that we have inside our portfolio. You know, we're in conversations with all of the hyperscalers, chip makers, AI labs, neo clouds. You know, we're in a unique position here, just given the asset spread that we have. I would say definitely across the entire site portfolio, we are closer than we were before. Awesome. Really appreciate it. Thank you, guys. Thanks, Brett. Our next question will come from John Todaro with Needham & Company. Hey, guys, thanks for taking my question and congrats on the expansion of power. Two from me. I guess just one, going back to the other three hyperscalers you're now in conversation with. I guess just if we frame it up, was there already some dialogue at some point? I mean, obviously it's a little bit of a limited universe, but like should we be thinking it's kind of starting the process anew with them or there's already been, you know, at some point along the way, pretty far along where, you know, just we could get something maybe a bit sooner than necessarily restarting the process? Yeah. Thanks, John. I mean, our relationship with these groups is not new. We are engaged with them on other sites. This was just really bringing back, you know, both Pecos and Muskogee back to the table. That's really why we are able to immediately re-engage with those customers. Got it. Understood. That's very helpful. Just, you know, you mentioned starting some of the process on building out some of these assets. You know, it sounds like before a lease gets done at some of them. Just kind of, I guess, are there any guardrail on how much CapEx you would start putting forward before getting a lease? Yeah, I mean, the way we're thinking about it right now is we wanna take the first data hall to full RFS. As part of that means we're securing the labor, securing the trades. We're securing long lead equipment. We're putting ourselves in a position where if a customer signs really within any time period leading up to the RFS of the first data hall, we can just continue to extend all of that labor that we have secured on site. That's kind of our guardrail right now in terms of where we sit. We feel very confident in the strategy and the ability to show the progress that we're making across each of these sites to customers is really what's forcing the engagement here because everyone's incredibly interested in capacity that's getting delivered in 2027 right now. Yep, understood. Thank you for that, gentlemen. Thank you. We'll go next to Timothy Horan with Oppenheimer. Thanks, guys. Do you have a rough idea when you might sign a contract? Can you maybe just talk about the pricing trends, you know, at a high level? Yeah, I mean, I would just say we're actively engaged right now across every major group, and we feel very confident based on where we sit today versus where we sat three months ago. The only thing that's changed is our assets have continued to build more value. We've continued to deploy more capital, and we've continued to get closer to the RFS date. We have high confidence in the customer conversations that we're having today. If you could just remind me, Tim, what was your second question? Yeah, you know, you know, what are you seeing in the pricing trends or the pricing of the new contracts you expect? Yeah. I mean, I think you could expect to see pricing continue to firm up. You know, really that's the result of both labor and equipment continuing to inflate. What you're just seeing is a similar move in pricing. Just lastly, behind-the-meter power, can you give us just a sense of what's the lead time on that? Ultimately, how will your cost for, you know, build your own versus the grid, you know, compare? Yeah. No, I mean, right now what we're looking at really is to deploy behind-the-meter solutions, you know, anywhere from about 12-14 months. The great part is for us is, you know, these are opportunities given the locations that we have available to us, is really gonna represent a great opportunity for continuing to expand at those sites. You know, the other site that we haven't talked about, Hunt. You know, Hunt has the opportunity to potentially bring behind-the-meter, that's something that we're still in the evaluation phase today. Haven't necessarily done as much of the due diligence that we've done across Pecos and Muskogee and the work that is currently being performed there. Is the ultimate cost of a customer about the same as grid or a little bit more? It's about the same. I mean, the economics for us as a developer look very similar. The cost to the end tenant to, on a blended basis, per power rate, is not materially different. Thank you. Michael Donovan with Compass Point has our next question. Hi, guys. Thanks for taking my question. Another question on behind the meter. The Muskogee announcement this morning referenced Oklahoma's behind-the-meter legislation. Can you explain what that legislation changes for Core Scientific's ability to develop and whether it gives Muskogee a timing or cost advantage versus opportunities in Texas? Yeah, I mean, Kevin Stitt has been a big advocate of bringing behind-the-meter opportunities to the state of Oklahoma. You know, obviously you saw Kevin Stitt's quote in the press release today. You know, Oklahoma is focused on figuring out how to bring more generation to the state. Our ability to execute at Oklahoma, I wouldn't say it's necessarily any easier or any more difficult than our site in Pecos, but we definitely have the support of the government there to continue to bring more generation to the state. Great. Thanks. One follow up, if I may. Have you contemplated owning the generation assets or would you be solely partnering with a power developer? How are you thinking about redundancy? Yeah, I'll take the first part of that question and then I'll hand it over to Matt to take the question about redundancy. You know, as we evaluate the behind the meter solutions, there are potentially some solutions that we would own ourselves and there are others that we would work through a third party that would provide us a PPA and we would be paying for those over a course of time would be included in the power price. There's a few different methods that we could go down. It really just comes down to the economics question as well as who the behind the meter solution is from. Matt, you want to talk about redundancy? To include in that is belongs the maintenance and operation of the behind-the-meter generation comes with that PPA agreement as well. From a redundancy standpoint, obviously when we're building behind-the-meter, redundancy becomes much more critical in terms of when you're building high availability services. We'll think about redundancy in terms we need to be able to support the full load of the portion of the campus that we're powering from behind-the-meter, under maintenance conditions, meaning that we need to be able to take some of that equipment offline for maintenance, maintain full load, and have redundant capacity still online and available in the event of a failure. You can almost think about that as a minimum, an N plus one configuration, maybe an N+2% or an N +20% or N+30% type of redundancy scheme. Great. Appreciate it, and congrats on the progress. Thank you. Moving on to Joseph Vafi with Canaccord. Hey, guys. Good afternoon. Congrats on the progress. Thanks for taking the question. Just wondering how you're managing perhaps the labor side of the builds here. I'm not quite sure if you've if you're employing a few large GCs on the builds or, you know, are you looking at construction labor as any constraint in the market right now? Thank you. Yeah. No, great question. Labor is one of the primary constraints of the market, if not depending on which market we're talking about. When we look at nationally, labor is a big issue. It's one of the reasons why we think we have an advantage by being able to proactively invest in development of these sites, being able to secure and tie up the labor through our projected RFS and scaling beyond that. In terms of how we're doing that, we have two large GCs sort of executing our sites and development today. Those GCs have a lot of leverage in the marketplace, being able to secure electrical contractors, mechanical contractors, civil, et cetera. All of those, all except for probably one site, are already fully mobilized and executing our developments, as we speak. Great. Thank you very much. We'll go next to Paul Golding with Macquarie Capital. Thanks so much. Congrats on the progress. Just wanted to ask on these behind-the-meter opportunities that you've been discussing. I know you just mentioned in response to another question that you might partner with someone who would give you a PPA or you might look at an opportunity to do it yourself behind-the-meter in terms of generation. How is the air quality component of that structured, or how do you see that potentially being structured? Do you have to still go to market and apply for those emissions permits, or would a partner that you're speaking with already have that in hand? I have a follow-up. Thank you. Yeah. No, great question. As we sort of, I mentioned in our prepared remarks is the technologies that we're gonna get behind and support for all of our behind-the-meter sites are gonna be technologies that are low emissions, generally. That will give you a little bit of insight as to what we're not thinking about from that standpoint. To go and to talk about sort of the permitting standpoint, yes. We will have to certainly go and apply for air quality permits for many of these deployments. In some cases, that will be in participation with the behind-the-meter operator or supplier. In other cases, we'll be doing that on our own. I'll say that in both Pecos and Muskogee, we're already down, kind of, far down the path of sort of our air quality studies for the implementation of those solutions. Got it. Thanks so much. I was just hoping you could also give a little more detail around some of the puts and takes that enabled you to raise the run rate margin profile on the existing energized and billable capacity from that 75% to 80% to 85%. Thank you. Two years ago, when we signed the CoreWeave original CoreWeave contract, we had a scope of service contemplated in that deal. I think we had an element of conservatism knowing that we hadn't broken ground on the project at that point, knowing that we were gonna be deploying over a fairly lengthy period, to have a what I would call a very solid perspective on what we think we could have delivered. Once you're two years after the fact, you're into it, and we've got, you know, more experience under our belt on the specificity of actual heads that are gonna be devoted to the activities and the contractors that we're using and actually have deployed on site, it's really just a true up of that experience. We feel good that we, you know, we're at a margin level that we can deliver today, and we're, we felt more confident that we could be a bit more prescriptive of where we think we're gonna end up. Great. Thanks so much. Our next question comes from George Sutton with Craig-Hallum. Thank you. As you begin to market to the chipmakers and the neo clouds, I'm just curious, do you have a bifurcated sales portfolio where some of the sites and some of the maybe even parts of locations are being marketed to those folks versus the hyperscalers? How is that working through the system? Yeah, I mean, really, we're showing both chipmakers, neo clouds, labs. We're showing them the same sites that we are also showing to hyperscalers. I mean, as we work through these processes, oftentimes, you know, they're migrating to one or another site. In reality, you know, we're showing our entire portfolios to each of the customers that come through our door. One other question relative to the decision to execute ahead of the contracts. How does the negotiation get altered with some of these potential customers when you've, you know, you've secured the supply chain and you're kind of moving forward? Does that accelerate discussions? Does that keep them more engaged? Can you just walk through that thought process? Yeah, I mean, it definitely keeps them more engaged. I mean, they rarely see sites that come across their desk where there's an RFS timeline really within, you know, 18 months, even more so, you know, less than that. For us, you know, being able to show photos and videos of sites with active construction going on, and the list of equipment that are on order, that dramatically changes the dynamic of the discussions, because this isn't just a, you know, a photo of a piece of land. You know, this is an active construction site, actively progressing towards building a data center. Gotcha. Thank you, Adam. We'll go next to Jon Hickman with Ladenburg Thalmann. Hi. Thanks for taking my question. This is a little bit esoteric, but now that you're well into your buildout for CoreWeave, could you comment on the experience? Like, what was harder than you thought? What was easier? Where do you think you have a competitive advantage now that you've, you know, put that much, that many megawatts into production? Yeah. No, it's actually a great question. The kind of reflecting on that, I think the thing that was much more difficult than we certainly gave it credit for was actually executing on brownfield conversions, which is why everything you see that we're doing forward is actually a greenfield site with a very highly standard basis design that allows us to get kind of leverage over our supply chain and be super predictable in terms of our build, our delivery dates. brownfield sites are highly unpredictable. They require a lot of customization. It's a lot of effort to try to retrofit an existing building. While sometimes that can be faster, it also comes with a lot more complexity. That's what I would say is probably our biggest, one of our biggest lessons learned out of this. Okay. Competitively, now that you've learned that, where do you think you are with other people that are trying to, I mean, there's many other competitors that are trying to build data centers? Yeah, the great part of. Why would I choose you, kind of? Yeah. I think the great part of this is that we've had 5 sites not practice on, but we have been executing these high-density builds across all the CoreWeave locations. We've been able to iterate on those designs. I mean, we've executed more than 150 design changes along the way across the portfolio. That gives us a little bit of a little bit of ahead of the game in terms of what doesn't work and what works well. All of those learnings have been sort of culminated and formulated into a go forward build strategy. I think we have just the advantage of learning all those lessons firsthand in real time. We won't make those mistakes going forward. Great. Thanks. Congratulations on the new deals. Our next question comes from Nick Giles with B. Riley Securities. Thank you, operator. This is Henry Hurl on for Nick Giles. I wanted to ask about the change in your approach to exclusivity. In what scenarios would you go into it? And then you also mentioned being in contact with several counterparties. Would you expect to announce exclusivity if you were to enter into one? Thanks. Yeah. Thanks, Henry. You know, I wouldn't say that we would expect to announce, you know, in the interim between quarters. Really what we've migrated to here is moving to a milestone arrangement method, which allows us to ensure that the cadence is moving at the pace that we would expect it to in a deal that would move towards closing. That allows us to bring a site back on market if we don't feel like the pace and cadence is necessarily where we would like it to be. You know, we've migrated to this strategy. We're executing on it now, and we feel like it gives us the best shot on goal given the demand that we're seeing in the market today. Understood. Thanks for that. Then on winding down your Bitcoin mining operations in the coming quarters, do you guys have a definitive target date to be fully out of that business, or will it kind of act as a small hedge going forward? Thanks. No, I would say, you know, over the course of the remainder of this year, the Bitcoin mining business is going to continue to migrate lower. By the end of this year, we will only have one or potentially two sites operating Bitcoin mining. Thank you. Continue. Best of luck. Thanks, Henry. Moving on to Stephen Glagola with KBW. Hey, thanks for the question. Adam, I just, you know, wanted to touch base again on the challenges on securing the leasing commitments at Pecos and Muskogee. You know, from my standpoint, it would seem like you have strong leverage there. You know, the sites have near term power. You can point to your execution and the CoreWeave buildouts to date. I guess, like, maybe my question is, are you seeing, like, hyperscalers become more selective in their choice of development partners? If so, you know, how is that influencing demand or deal timing? Yeah, I mean, I think the interesting part about this is the exclusivity that expired, that customer is still at the table and still interested in those sites. I think you are seeing that broadly across the market. You know, you're seeing, you know, repeat deals across some of the developers, especially on the private side. I would agree with that. Also, you know, they're also looking for experience in the development of this type of infrastructure. This is different than the traditional data center infrastructure. Given the experience that we have and our ability to show them 5 sites that we've built, 590 megawatts in progress of critical IT load, that's a differentiator, and that really puts us in a different bucket here. You know, as you mentioned, we have great experience building. We have sites under construction, and, you know, it really puts us into a pretty unique category in this industry. Thank you. This now concludes our question and answer session. 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Speaker 7: Great, thank you. Good afternoon, welcome to Core Scientific's first quarter 2026 earnings call. Before we begin, I need to remind you the statements made on this call other than historical facts are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and are based on our current expectations. Great, thank you. great thank you Good afternoon, welcome to Core Scientific's first quarter 2026 earnings call. good afternoon welcome to core scientific's first quarter 2026 earnings call Before we begin, I need to remind you the statements made on this call other than historical facts are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and are based on our current expectations. before we begin i need to remind you the statements made on this call other than historical facts are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the private securities litigation reform act of 1995 and are based on our current expectations Words such as anticipates, estimates, expects, intends and believes, and similar words and expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ substantially. For further information on these risks and uncertainties, we encourage you to review the risk factors discussed in the company's reports on Form 10-Q and 8-K filed today with the SEC and the press release and slide presentation contained therein. Words such as anticipates, estimates, expects, intends and believes, and similar words and expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. words such as anticipates estimates expects intends and believes and similar words and expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ substantially. these statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ substantially For further information on these risks and uncertainties, we encourage you to review the risk factors discussed in the company's reports on Form 10-Q and 8-K filed today with the SEC and the press release and slide presentation contained therein. for further information on these risks and uncertainties we encourage you to review the risk factors discussed in the company's reports on form 10-q and 8-k filed today with the sec and the press release and slide presentation contained therein The forward-looking statements we make today speak as of today, and we do not undertake any obligation to update any such statement to reflect events or circumstances occurring after today. Today's presentation is available on our website, investors.corescientific.com. The content of this conference call contains information that is accurate as of today, May 6, 2026. Joining me today from Core Scientific are our CEO, Adam Sullivan, Chief Operating Officer Matt Brown, and Chief Financial Officer Jim Nygaard. We will conduct a question-and-answer session after management's remarks. We will now begin with remarks from Adam. The forward-looking statements we make today speak as of today, and we do not undertake any obligation to update any such statement to reflect events or circumstances occurring after today. the forward-looking statements we make today speak as of today and we do not undertake any obligation to update any such statement to reflect events or circumstances occurring after today Today's presentation is available on our website, investors.corescientific.com. today's presentation is available on our website investors.corescientific.com The content of this conference call contains information that is accurate as of today, May 6, 2026. the content of this conference call contains information that is accurate as of today may 6 2026 Joining me today from Core Scientific are our CEO, Adam Sullivan, Chief Operating Officer Matt Brown, and Chief Financial Officer Jim Nygaard. joining me today from core scientific are our ceo adam sullivan chief operating officer matt brown and chief financial officer jim nygaard We will conduct a question- and- answer session after management's remarks. we will conduct a question- and- answer session after management's remarks We will now begin with remarks from Adam. we will now begin with remarks from adam

Speaker 1: Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for joining us. platform designed to support the most demanding compute workloads in the market. Over the past year, we've translated that strategy into execution, delivering high density capacity at scale across multiple states. Those sites were an important starting point, but our first customer was never Core Scientific's full story. Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for joining us. platform designed to support the most demanding compute workloads in the market. good afternoon everyone and thank you for joining us platform designed to support the most demanding compute workloads in the market Over the past year, we've translated that strategy into execution, delivering high density capacity at scale across multiple states. over the past year we've translated that strategy into execution delivering high density capacity at scale across multiple states Those sites were an important starting point, but our first customer was never Core Scientific's full story. those sites were an important starting point but our first customer was never core scientific's full story Delivering these initial sites enhances our operating credibility and provides a significant capital foundation we need to scale meaningfully from here. We have shown clearly our ability to deliver at scale. Across five sites, we are now developing one of the largest multi-site AI infrastructure build-outs in the market. We are now earning revenue on approximately 245 MW, with another 200 MW expected to be earning revenue in the coming months. Our execution, combined with the favorable structure of our CoreWeave contracts, has enabled our next phase of growth. Delivering these initial sites enhances our operating credibility and provides a significant capital foundation we need to scale meaningfully from here. delivering these initial sites enhances our operating credibility and provides a significant capital foundation we need to scale meaningfully from here We have shown clearly our ability to deliver at scale. we have shown clearly our ability to deliver at scale Across five sites, we are now developing one of the largest multi-site AI infrastructure build-outs in the market. across five sites we are now developing one of the largest multi-site ai infrastructure build-outs in the market We are now earning revenue on approximately 245 MW, with another 200 MW expected to be earning revenue in the coming months. we are now earning revenue on approximately 245 mw with another 200 mw expected to be earning revenue in the coming months Our execution, combined with the favorable structure of our CoreWeave contracts, has enabled our next phase of growth. our execution combined with the favorable structure of our coreweave contracts has enabled our next phase of growth Today, we closed on a $3.3 billion capital raise supported by that contract, with the proceeds to be used for future growth and the development of projects for other customers. The fact that we have five facilities fully leased and financed by our tenant is a meaningful differentiator. We have the ability to push the next phase of development in a disciplined way by securing the land, labor, and equipment to protect timelines and accelerate delivery. Today, we closed on a $3.3 billion capital raise supported by that contract, with the proceeds to be used for future growth and the development of projects for other customers. today we closed on a $3.3 billion capital raise supported by that contract with the proceeds to be used for future growth and the development of projects for other customers The fact that we have five facilities fully leased and financed by our tenant is a meaningful differentiator. the fact that we have five facilities fully leased and financed by our tenant is a meaningful differentiator We have the ability to push the next phase of development in a disciplined way by securing the land, labor, and equipment to protect timelines and accelerate delivery. we have the ability to push the next phase of development in a disciplined way by securing the land labor and equipment to protect timelines and accelerate delivery As these new projects are leased, we expect opportunities for further financing to continue the cycle of our forward development go-to-market strategy. Our next phase of development has already begun. In late last year, we committed existing cash on hand to purchase equipment for our other existing sites. With the new secured financing, we are now accelerating development activity across multiple sites, including Pecos, Muskogee, Hunt, Dalton phase III, and Auburn. As these new projects are leased, we expect opportunities for further financing to continue the cycle of our forward development go-to-market strategy. as these new projects are leased we expect opportunities for further financing to continue the cycle of our forward development go-to-market strategy Our next phase of development has already begun. our next phase of development has already begun In late last year, we committed existing cash on hand to purchase equipment for our other existing sites. in late last year we committed existing cash on hand to purchase equipment for our other existing sites With the new secured financing, we are now accelerating development activity across multiple sites, including Pecos, Muskogee, Hunt, Dalton phase III, and Auburn. with the new secured financing we are now accelerating development activity across multiple sites including pecos muskogee hunt dalton phase iii and auburn This positions us differently in the market. We are not waiting for deal negotiations to conclude before advancing sites. With capital in place, we can move early, bringing RFS timelines within the 12 to 14-month timeframe that customers are actively trying to solve for. We are also scaling our campuses in a repeatable way. Today, we announced a path to approximately 1.5 GWs at Muskogee, closely following a similar plan at Pecos. This positions us differently in the market. this positions us differently in the market We are not waiting for deal negotiations to conclude before advancing sites. we are not waiting for deal negotiations to conclude before advancing sites With capital in place, we can move early, bringing RFS timelines within the 12 to 14-month timeframe that customers are actively trying to solve for. with capital in place we can move early bringing rfs timelines within the 12 to 14-month timeframe that customers are actively trying to solve for We are also scaling our campuses in a repeatable way. we are also scaling our campuses in a repeatable way Today, we announced a path to approximately 1.5 GWs at Muskogee, closely following a similar plan at Pecos. today we announced a path to approximately 1.5 gws at muskogee closely following a similar plan at pecos A key enabler of that scale is power strategy. Customers are increasingly focused on solutions beyond existing grid capacity, including behind-the-meter options. We are proactively positioning our sites to support those needs, including efforts to secure natural gas infrastructure where appropriate to enable future expansion. Pecos is a clear example. A key enabler of that scale is power strategy. a key enabler of that scale is power strategy Customers are increasingly focused on solutions beyond existing grid capacity, including behind-the-meter options. customers are increasingly focused on solutions beyond existing grid capacity including behind-the-meter options We are proactively positioning our sites to support those needs, including efforts to secure natural gas infrastructure where appropriate to enable future expansion. we are proactively positioning our sites to support those needs including efforts to secure natural gas infrastructure where appropriate to enable future expansion Pecos is a clear example. pecos is a clear example We are actively converting the site from Bitcoin mining to high density colocation, with construction already underway and a pathway to RFS within 12 months. Muskogee is another. We see a path to 1.5 GWs of gross power supported by grid expansion, the Polaris acquisition, and behind-the-meter solutions, and we expect to deliver additional data center capacity outside of our current contract in late 2027. Stepping back, we are executing a repeatable model, secure strategic sites, invest ahead of contracts where appropriate, and create assets that are increasingly compelling as they approach readiness. That brings me to our commercial progress. We are engaging customers from a position of strength. Because development is already underway, our timelines are not dependent on contract timing, an important distinction in this market. We are actively converting the site from Bitcoin mining to high density colocation, with construction already underway and a pathway to RFS within 12 months. we are actively converting the site from bitcoin mining to high density colocation with construction already underway and a pathway to rfs within 12 months Muskogee is another. muskogee is another We see a path to 1.5 GWs of gross power supported by grid expansion, the Polaris acquisition, and behind-the-meter solutions, and we expect to deliver additional data center capacity outside of our current contract in late 2027. we see a path to 1.5 gws of gross power supported by grid expansion the polaris acquisition and behind-the-meter solutions and we expect to deliver additional data center capacity outside of our current contract in late 2027 Stepping back, we are executing a repeatable model, secure strategic sites, invest ahead of contracts where appropriate, and create assets that are increasingly compelling as they approach readiness. stepping back we are executing a repeatable model secure strategic sites invest ahead of contracts where appropriate and create assets that are increasingly compelling as they approach readiness That brings me to our commercial progress. that brings me to our commercial progress We are engaging customers from a position of strength. we are engaging customers from a position of strength Because development is already underway, our timelines are not dependent on contract timing, an important distinction in this market. because development is already underway our timelines are not dependent on contract timing an important distinction in this market As we previously discussed, we are engaged in an exclusivity process with a hyperscaler across Pecos and Muskogee. That exclusivity is now expired. Three hyperscalers immediately engaged on those same sites, and we are now in active discussions. This reinforced both the strategic value of these assets and the depth of demand for large scale, high density capacity. It also informed how we approach exclusivity going forward. While it likely remains a necessary part of some deal negotiations, it must also include clear milestones. In a market like this, we will not keep high value assets off the market longer than necessary. Our conversations with potential customers have increased significantly since the beginning of the year. Hyperscalers remain our primary focus, and we are also seeing growing engagement from chip makers, AI labs, and neocloud providers. As we previously discussed, we are engaged in an exclusivity process with a hyperscaler across Pecos and Muskogee. as we previously discussed we are engaged in an exclusivity process with a hyperscaler across pecos and muskogee That exclusivity is now expired. that exclusivity is now expired Three hyperscalers immediately engaged on those same sites, and we are now in active discussions. three hyperscalers immediately engaged on those same sites and we are now in active discussions This reinforced both the strategic value of these assets and the depth of demand for large scale, high density capacity. this reinforced both the strategic value of these assets and the depth of demand for large scale high density capacity It also informed how we approach exclusivity going forward. it also informed how we approach exclusivity going forward While it likely remains a necessary part of some deal negotiations, it must also include clear milestones. while it likely remains a necessary part of some deal negotiations it must also include clear milestones In a market like this, we will not keep high value assets off the market longer than necessary. in a market like this we will not keep high value assets off the market longer than necessary Our conversations with potential customers have increased significantly since the beginning of the year. our conversations with potential customers have increased significantly since the beginning of the year Hyperscalers remain our primary focus, and we are also seeing growing engagement from chip makers, AI labs, and neoc loud providers. hyperscalers remain our primary focus and we are also seeing growing engagement from chip makers ai labs and neoc loud providers These emerging customer segments represent meaningful opportunity, though they often require additional credit support. We are actively working with customers and financing partners on structures that can support long term financable commitments. Stepping back, our position is clear. We are building a scaled, high density digital infrastructure platform with a diversified site portfolio. We are deploying capital to secure timelines and accelerate delivery. We are also seeing strong customer demand. Based on our execution, capital position, and commercial momentum, we are confident in our ability to continue expanding and creating long term value for our customers and our shareholders. With that, I'll turn the call over to Matt Brown to provide more details on our operations and development progress. Matt. These emerging customer segments represent meaningful opportunity, though they often require additional credit support. these emerging customer segments represent meaningful opportunity though they often require additional credit support We are actively working with customers and financing partners on structures that can support long term financable commitments. we are actively working with customers and financing partners on structures that can support long term financable commitments Stepping back, our position is clear. stepping back our position is clear We are building a scaled, high density digital infrastructure platform with a diversified site portfolio. we are building a scaled high density digital infrastructure platform with a diversified site portfolio We are deploying capital to secure timelines and accelerate delivery. we are deploying capital to secure timelines and accelerate delivery We are also seeing strong customer demand. we are also seeing strong customer demand Based on our execution, capital position, and commercial momentum, we are confident in our ability to continue expanding and creating long term value for our customers and our shareholders. based on our execution capital position and commercial momentum we are confident in our ability to continue expanding and creating long term value for our customers and our shareholders With that, I'll turn the call over to Matt Brown to provide more details on our operations and development progress. with that i'll turn the call over to matt brown to provide more details on our operations and development progress Matt. matt

Speaker 10: Thanks, Adam. As we reflect on the first quarter, our operational priorities may remain clear. Execute on our existing build pipeline, bring capacity online efficiently, and position the business for the next phase of large scale expansion. Demand for high performance compute infrastructure remains strong, and we have focused on aligning our delivery timelines, supply chain readiness, and power strategies to meet that demand. I'll begin with an update on our CoreWeave dedicated facilities, where we continue to execute at pace and at scale. Today, I am pleased to announce that we have delivered 243 MW of billable capacity to CoreWeave. This includes a milestone with a full turnover of both our Marble, N.C. and Dalton, Ga. phase I data centers. At Marble, we completed construction and successfully transitioned the entire facility into operations, bringing 65 MW of billable capacity online. Thanks, Adam. thanks adam As we reflect on the first quarter, our operational priorities may remain clear. as we reflect on the first quarter our operational priorities may remain clear Execute on our existing build pipeline, bring capacity online efficiently, and position the business for the next phase of large scale expansion. execute on our existing build pipeline bring capacity online efficiently and position the business for the next phase of large scale expansion Demand for high performance compute infrastructure remains strong, and we have focused on aligning our delivery timelines, supply chain readiness, and power strategies to meet that demand. demand for high performance compute infrastructure remains strong and we have focused on aligning our delivery timelines supply chain readiness and power strategies to meet that demand I'll begin with an update on our CoreWeave dedicated facilities, where we continue to execute at pace and at scale. i'll begin with an update on our coreweave dedicated facilities where we continue to execute at pace and at scale Today, I am pleased to announce that we have delivered 243 MW of billable capacity to CoreWeave. today i am pleased to announce that we have delivered 243 mw of billable capacity to coreweave This includes a milestone with a full turnover of both our Marble, N.C. and Dalton, Ga. phase I data centers. this includes a milestone with a full turnover of both our marble n.c and dalton ga phase i data centers At Marble, we completed construction and successfully transitioned the entire facility into operations, bringing 65 MW of billable capacity online. at marble we completed construction and successfully transitioned the entire facility into operations bringing 65 mw of billable capacity online At Dalton phase I, we likewise achieved full site handover and delivery 30 MW into service. These milestones reflect the team's ability to execute efficiently at scale, transition assets seamlessly from construction to revenue generation, and consistently align to customer timelines, all of which remain critical as we continue to move forward. Across our remaining contracted sites, we will continue delivering billable megawatts over the coming months while scaling execution on the CoreWeave contract, positioning us to deliver more than 450 billables by the end of the summer, while remaining on track to deliver the full 590 MW by the early 2027. Turning to our non-CoreWeave developments, where we are advancing our development strategy. At Dalton phase I, we likewise achieved full site handover and delivery 30 MW into service. at dalton phase i we likewise achieved full site handover and delivery 30 mw into service These milestones reflect the team's ability to execute efficiently at scale, transition assets seamlessly from construction to revenue generation, and consistently align to customer timelines, all of which remain critical as we continue to move forward. these milestones reflect the team's ability to execute efficiently at scale transition assets seamlessly from construction to revenue generation and consistently align to customer timelines all of which remain critical as we continue to move forward Across our remaining contracted sites, we will continue delivering billable megawatts over the coming months while scaling execution on the CoreWeave contract, positioning us to deliver more than 450 billables by the end of the summer, while remaining on track to deliver the full 590 MW by the early 2027. across our remaining contracted sites we will continue delivering billable megawatts over the coming months while scaling execution on the coreweave contract positioning us to deliver more than 450 billables by the end of the summer while remaining on track to deliver the full 590 mw by the early 2027 Turning to our non-CoreWeave developments, where we are advancing our development strategy. turning to our non-coreweave developments where we are advancing our development strategy Our Pecos, Texas campus is one of our most significant development opportunities, with a plan to scale from 300 MW to 1.5 GW through a multi-pronged expansion strategy. At the core is our power roadmap. We've secured an additional 300 MW and are advancing a mix of grid connected and behind-the-meter solutions to support long term growth. The behind-the-meter strategy leverages low emission generation and concludes the construction of a linear gas pipeline to the campus. Together, these efforts are designed to accelerate time to power, enhance resilience, and reduce the supply chain risk while enabling us to meet hyperscale demand. In parallel, construction of our initial 431,000 sq ft, 185 MW facility is progressing from civil work into foundation phases with precast walls arriving for vertical construction. Our Pecos, Texas campus is one of our most significant development opportunities, with a plan to scale from 300 MW to 1.5 GW through a multi-pronged expansion strategy. our pecos texas campus is one of our most significant development opportunities with a plan to scale from 300 mw to 1.5 gw through a multi-pronged expansion strategy At the core is our power roadmap. at the core is our power roadmap We've secured an additional 300 MW and are advancing a mix of grid connected and behind-the-meter solutions to support long term growth. we've secured an additional 300 mw and are advancing a mix of grid connected and behind-the-meter solutions to support long term growth The behind-the-meter strategy leverages low emission generation and concludes the construction of a linear gas pipeline to the campus. the behind-the-meter strategy leverages low emission generation and concludes the construction of a linear gas pipeline to the campus Together, these efforts are designed to accelerate time to power, enhance resilience, and reduce the supply chain risk while enabling us to meet hyperscale demand. together these efforts are designed to accelerate time to power enhance resilience and reduce the supply chain risk while enabling us to meet hyperscale demand In parallel, construction of our initial 431,000 sq ft, 185 MW facility is progressing from civil work into foundation phases with precast walls arriving for vertical construction. in parallel construction of our initial 431,000 sq ft 185 mw facility is progressing from civil work into foundation phases with precast walls arriving for vertical construction Long lead items equipment has been secured, helping reduce execution risk and support timelines. We are also advancing infrastructure for high density colocation, including redundant fiber capacity and a new regional interconnect point in Midland, Texas, linking back to the Pecos campus. At our Muskogee, Oklahoma campus, today, we announced plans for the expansion of the site to 1.5 MW of gross power or approximately 1 GW of leasable capacity. Similar to Pecos, this expansion will leverage a combination of behind-the-meter infrastructure and utility supply power, including the roughly 440 MW acquired through the Polaris transaction. With our general contractor already secured on site, we have begun development of the first 82.5 MW building, with initial delivery expected in the second half of 2027. Long lead items equipment has been secured, helping reduce execution risk and support timelines. long lead items equipment has been secured helping reduce execution risk and support timelines We are also advancing infrastructure for high density colocation, including redundant fiber capacity and a new regional interconnect point in Midland, Texas, linking back to the Pecos campus. we are also advancing infrastructure for high density colocation including redundant fiber capacity and a new regional interconnect point in midland texas linking back to the pecos campus At our Muskogee, Oklahoma campus, today, we announced plans for the expansion of the site to 1.5 MW of gross power or approximately 1 GW of leasable capacity. at our muskogee oklahoma campus today we announced plans for the expansion of the site to 1.5 mw of gross power or approximately 1 gw of leasable capacity Similar to Pecos, this expansion will leverage a combination of behind-the-meter infrastructure and utility supply power, including the roughly 440 MW acquired through the Polaris transaction. similar to pecos this expansion will leverage a combination of behind-the-meter infrastructure and utility supply power including the roughly 440 mw acquired through the polaris transaction With our general contractor already secured on site, we have begun development of the first 82.5 MW building, with initial delivery expected in the second half of 2027. with our general contractor already secured on site we have begun development of the first 82.5 mw building with initial delivery expected in the second half of 2027 Finally, turning to other development sites, Hunt County, Texas, Dalton, Georgia, phase III, and Auburn, Alabama, each continues to advance through pre-construction milestones and remains on track to meet their initial delivery timelines. In closing, as we look ahead, we remain confident in our ability to execute against our commitments and capture opportunities in front of us. The combination of strong demand, a growing portfolio of scale developments, and continued progress on our power infrastructure strategies position us well for the quarters ahead. With that, I'll turn it over to Jim. Finally, turning to other development sites, Hunt County, Texas, Dalton, Georgia, phase III, and Auburn, Alabama, each continues to advance through pre-construction milestones and remains on track to meet their initial delivery timelines. finally turning to other development sites hunt county texas dalton georgia phase iii and auburn alabama each continues to advance through pre-construction milestones and remains on track to meet their initial delivery timelines In closing, as we look ahead, we remain confident in our ability to execute against our commitments and capture opportunities in front of us. in closing as we look ahead we remain confident in our ability to execute against our commitments and capture opportunities in front of us The combination of strong demand, a growing portfolio of scale developments, and continued progress on our power infrastructure strategies position us well for the quarters ahead. the combination of strong demand a growing portfolio of scale developments and continued progress on our power infrastructure strategies position us well for the quarters ahead With that, I'll turn it over to Jim. with that i'll turn it over to jim

Speaker 5: Thanks, Matt. During the first quarter, we reached an important inflection point as our colocation revenue scaled to a level sufficient to cover operating costs and begin expanding margins. Thanks, Matt. thanks matt During the first quarter, we reached an important inflection point as our colocation revenue scaled to a level sufficient to cover operating costs and begin expanding margins. during the first quarter we reached an important inflection point as our colocation revenue scaled to a level sufficient to cover operating costs and begin expanding margins This marks a meaningful milestone in our transition, with colocation now becoming an important driver of our overall financial profile. Today, we are billing for 243 MW, which equates to more than $350 million of annualized colocation GAAP revenue, with significant additional capacity expected to begin billing over the next several months. As a reminder, under GAAP, revenue from the CoreWeave contract is recognized on a straight-line basis over the 12-year lease term, effectively pulling escalators forward. From a Bitcoin mining perspective, we remain focused on optimization and are running that business to help offset contractual power costs as we continue the transition toward high-density colocation. Going forward, we expect mining activity to continue winding down over the course of the year with a meaningful step down in miners online in the second half. This marks a meaningful milestone in our transition, with colocation now becoming an important driver of our overall financial profile. this marks a meaningful milestone in our transition with colocation now becoming an important driver of our overall financial profile Today, we are billing for 243 MW, which equates to more than $350 million of annualized colocation GAAP revenue, with significant additional capacity expected to begin billing over the next several months. today we are billing for 243 mw which equates to more than $350 million of annualized colocation gaap revenue with significant additional capacity expected to begin billing over the next several months As a reminder, under GAAP, revenue from the CoreWeave contract is recognized on a straight-line basis over the 12-year lease term, effectively pulling escalators forward. as a reminder under gaap revenue from the coreweave contract is recognized on a straight-line basis over the 12-year lease term effectively pulling escalators forward From a Bitcoin mining perspective, we remain focused on optimization and are running that business to help offset contractual power costs as we continue the transition toward high-density colocation. from a bitcoin mining perspective we remain focused on optimization and are running that business to help offset contractual power costs as we continue the transition toward high-density colocation Going forward, we expect mining activity to continue winding down over the course of the year with a meaningful step down in miners online in the second half. going forward we expect mining activity to continue winding down over the course of the year with a meaningful step down in miners online in the second half Earlier this year, we monetized a significant portion of our Bitcoin holdings and currently retain only a modest amount of Bitcoin on the balance sheet. Moving on to costs. First quarter SG&A on a cash basis was just over $30 million. While we are not providing explicit SG&A guidance, we believe this level represents a reasonable baseline for corporate expenses going forward, with the potential for opportunistic investments to support growth over the next few years. Separately, you may have noticed that we increased our target cash gross profit range for the CoreWeave contract to 80%-85%, up from our original target of 75%-80%. We first introduced that target roughly two years ago, and today we have much greater visibility into the associated cost structure, given we are now billing for a meaningful portion of the contracted megawatts. Earlier this year, we monetized a significant portion of our Bitcoin holdings and currently retain only a modest amount of Bitcoin on the balance sheet. earlier this year we monetized a significant portion of our bitcoin holdings and currently retain only a modest amount of bitcoin on the balance sheet Moving on to costs. moving on to costs First quarter SG&A on a cash basis was just over $30 million. first quarter sg&a on a cash basis was just over $30 million While we are not providing explicit SG&A guidance, we believe this level represents a reasonable baseline for corporate expenses going forward, with the potential for opportunistic investments to support growth over the next few years. while we are not providing explicit sg&a guidance we believe this level represents a reasonable baseline for corporate expenses going forward with the potential for opportunistic investments to support growth over the next few years Separately, you may have noticed that we increased our target cash gross profit range for the CoreWeave contract to 80%-85%, up from our original target of 75%-80%. separately you may have noticed that we increased our target cash gross profit range for the coreweave contract to 80%-85% up from our original target of 75%-80% We first introduced that target roughly two years ago, and today we have much greater visibility into the associated cost structure, given we are now billing for a meaningful portion of the contracted megawatts. we first introduced that target roughly two years ago and today we have much greater visibility into the associated cost structure given we are now billing for a meaningful portion of the contracted megawatts With that operating backdrop, let me turn to capital formation, where today marked another major milestone for Core Scientific. We closed our previously announced $3.3 billion CoreWeave project bond financing at a 7.75% interest rate, which we view as highly attractive cost of capital for a financing of this scale. After closing costs and funding the required debt service reserve account, net proceeds were approximately $2.9 billion. For additional context, the bonds include a lockbox structure, which is a cash control mechanism where project revenues are paid directly into a designated account and then applied through the indenture-defined cash waterfall, first to operating expenses, then to debt service, and finally to other uses permitted by the indenture. With that operating backdrop, let me turn to capital formation, where today marked another major milestone for Core Scientific. with that operating backdrop let me turn to capital formation where today marked another major milestone for core scientific We closed our previously announced $3.3 billion CoreWeave project bond financing at a 7.75% interest rate, which we view as highly attractive cost of capital for a financing of this scale. we closed our previously announced $3.3 billion coreweave project bond financing at a 7.75% interest rate which we view as highly attractive cost of capital for a financing of this scale After closing costs and funding the required debt service reserve account, net proceeds were approximately $2.9 billion. after closing costs and funding the required debt service reserve account net proceeds were approximately $2.9 billion For additional context, the bonds include a lockbox structure, which is a cash control mechanism where project revenues are paid directly into a designated account and then applied through the indenture-defined cash waterfall, first to operating expenses, then to debt service, and finally to other uses permitted by the indenture. for additional context the bonds include a lockbox structure which is a cash control mechanism where project revenues are paid directly into a designated account and then applied through the indenture-defined cash waterfall first to operating expenses then to debt service and finally to other uses permitted by the indenture Unlike a traditional project finance structure where a lockbox is created to fund a specific project under development, our structure enables the distribution of the vast majority of offering proceeds up to the corporate level to facilitate investments in a variety of new projects outside the box. Going forward, the lockbox will service the debt secured by CoreWeave contracted site assets and cash flows. From this perspective, the transaction significantly strengthens our consolidated capital position, validates the quality and predictability of our contracted cash flows, and gives us the ability to execute the next phase of our growth plan with greater flexibility, speed, and certainty. We expect to deploy roughly $2 billion of total capital expenditures in 2026. Unlike a traditional project finance structure where a lockbox is created to fund a specific project under development, our structure enables the distribution of the vast majority of offering proceeds up to the corporate level to facilitate investments in a variety of new projects outside the box. unlike a traditional project finance structure where a lockbox is created to fund a specific project under development our structure enables the distribution of the vast majority of offering proceeds up to the corporate level to facilitate investments in a variety of new projects outside the box Going forward, the lockbox will service the debt secured by CoreWeave contracted site assets and cash flows. going forward the lockbox will service the debt secured by coreweave contracted site assets and cash flows From this perspective, the transaction significantly strengthens our consolidated capital position, validates the quality and predictability of our contracted cash flows, and gives us the ability to execute the next phase of our growth plan with greater flexibility, speed, and certainty. from this perspective the transaction significantly strengthens our consolidated capital position validates the quality and predictability of our contracted cash flows and gives us the ability to execute the next phase of our growth plan with greater flexibility speed and certainty We expect to deploy roughly $2 billion of total capital expenditures in 2026. we expect to deploy roughly $2 billion of total capital expenditures in 2026 This includes approximately $700 million for both the Hunt County, Texas, site acquisition, which closed yesterday, and the Polaris acquisition at our Muskogee, Oklahoma, site announced earlier today, as well as expenditures to begin pre-seeding approximately 1 GW of new billable capacity. This includes long lead time equipment procurement and various site development and utility support activities across multiple project locations. We are strategically positioning the business to sign attractive new customer contracts with capacity outside of CoreWeave available for delivery starting in early 2027. The platform we are building together with cost-effective capital we have secured for new project equity investments is differentiated in the market, and we believe it positions Core Scientific to create meaningful long-term shareholder value. Lastly, we recently welcomed Jorge Rey as our Chief Accounting Officer, further strengthening our finance and accounting team. This includes approximately $700 million for both the Hunt County, Texas, site acquisition, which closed yesterday, and the Polaris acquisition at our Muskogee, Oklahoma, site announced earlier today, as well as expenditures to begin pre-seeding approximately 1 GW of new billable capacity. this includes approximately $700 million for both the hunt county texas site acquisition which closed yesterday and the polaris acquisition at our muskogee oklahoma site announced earlier today as well as expenditures to begin pre-seeding approximately 1 gw of new billable capacity This includes long lead time equipment procurement and various site development and utility support activities across multiple project locations. this includes long lead time equipment procurement and various site development and utility support activities across multiple project locations We are strategically positioning the business to sign attractive new customer contracts with capacity outside of CoreWeave available for delivery starting in early 2027. we are strategically positioning the business to sign attractive new customer contracts with capacity outside of coreweave available for delivery starting in early 2027 The platform we are building together with cost-effective capital we have secured for new project equity investments is differentiated in the market, and we believe it positions Core Scientific to create meaningful long-term shareholder value. the platform we are building together with cost-effective capital we have secured for new project equity investments is differentiated in the market and we believe it positions core scientific to create meaningful long-term shareholder value Lastly, we recently welcomed Jorge Rey as our Chief Accounting Officer, further strengthening our finance and accounting team. lastly we recently welcomed jorge rey as our chief accounting officer further strengthening our finance and accounting team Jorge brings valuable accounting and public company reporting experience, and his leadership will be important as we continue to scale the business and support our next phase of growth. I'll now turn the call over to the operator for questions. Jorge brings valuable accounting and public company reporting experience, and his leadership will be important as we continue to scale the business and support our next phase of growth. jorge brings valuable accounting and public company reporting experience and his leadership will be important as we continue to scale the business and support our next phase of growth I'll now turn the call over to the operator for questions. i'll now turn the call over to the operator for questions

Speaker 12: Thank you. Our first question will come from Brett Knoblauch with Cantor Fitzgerald. Thank you. thank you Our first question will come from Brett Knoblauch with Cantor Fitzgerald. our first question will come from brett knoblauch with cantor fitzgerald

Speaker 2: Hi, guys. Thanks for taking my question and congrats on the site expansion at Texas and Muskogee. I guess maybe just on the Hyperscale exclusivity, it expired. Clearly, there's demand with additional tenants kind of, you know, backfilling that. Could you maybe shed light on, you know, why it expired, why it didn't progress? Is there anything that maybe those sites were not of interest or, you know, they weren't interested in or just, you know, some more color around that dynamic? Hi, guys. hi guys Thanks for taking my question and congrats on the site expansion at Texas and Muskogee. thanks for taking my question and congrats on the site expansion at texas and muskogee I guess maybe just on the Hyperscale exclusivity, it expired. i guess maybe just on the hyperscale exclusivity it expired Clearly, there's demand with additional tenants kind of, you know, backfilling that. clearly there's demand with additional tenants kind of you know backfilling that Could you maybe shed light on, you know, why it expired, why it didn't progress? could you maybe shed light on you know why it expired why it didn't progress Is there anything that maybe those sites were not of interest or, you know, they weren't interested in or just, you know, some more color around that dynamic? is there anything that maybe those sites were not of interest or you know they weren't interested in or just you know some more color around that dynamic

Speaker 1: Absolutely. Thank you, Brett Knoblauch. Those sites, as you mentioned, are incredibly attractive, both Pecos and Muskogee, given their ability to scale, represent tremendous opportunity for hyperscaler. As we noted in prepared remarks, three hyperscalers immediately engage. They're incredibly attractive sites. Really, with the one that we're under exclusivity with, it's hard to determine the exact reasons why. For us, we got to the end of the exclusivity and we thought this is the best time for us to bring these back to market because hyperscalers were knocking at the door and asking questions about the sites, and we knew we couldn't have an opportunity to bring another hyperscaler into the fray. Absolutely. absolutely Thank you, Brett Knoblauch . thank you brett knoblauch Those sites, as you mentioned, are incredibly attractive, both Pecos and Muskogee, given their ability to scale, represent tremendous opportunity for hyperscaler. those sites as you mentioned are incredibly attractive both pecos and muskogee given their ability to scale represent tremendous opportunity for hyperscaler As we noted in prepared remarks, three hyperscalers immediately engage. as we noted in prepared remarks three hyperscalers immediately engage They're incredibly attractive sites. they're incredibly attractive sites Really, with the one that we're under exclusivity with, it's hard to determine the exact reasons why. really with the one that we're under exclusivity with it's hard to determine the exact reasons why For us, we got to the end of the exclusivity and we thought this is the best time for us to bring these back to market because hyperscalers were knocking at the door and asking questions about the sites, and we knew we couldn't have an opportunity to bring another hyperscaler into the fray. for us we got to the end of the exclusivity and we thought this is the best time for us to bring these back to market because hyperscalers were knocking at the door and asking questions about the sites and we knew we couldn't have an opportunity to bring another hyperscaler into the fray We feel great about our position today, given the competitive dynamic. We feel great about our position today, given the competitive dynamic. we feel great about our position today given the competitive dynamic

Speaker 2: Perfect. Yeah, maybe just one follow-up. You know, it seems like kind of the AI pendulum swinging into full, you know, bull mode here. You guys do have, I believe, a lot of capacity available to these kind of RFS, you know, by early 2027. Do we think we're closer to maybe a second tenant today than we were, you know, when you guys reported 4Q in early March? Perfect. perfect Yeah, maybe just one follow-up. yeah maybe just one follow-up You know, it seems like kind of the AI pendulum swinging into full, you know, bull mode here. you know it seems like kind of the ai pendulum swinging into full you know bull mode here You guys do have, I believe, a lot of capacity available to these kind of RFS, you know, by early 2027. you guys do have i believe a lot of capacity available to these kind of rfs you know by early 2027 Do we think we're closer to maybe a second tenant today than we were, you know, when you guys reported 4 Q in early March? do we think we're closer to maybe a second tenant today than we were you know when you guys reported 4 q in early march

Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, when you look across our site portfolio, you know, we have five sites with first data halls RFS in 2027. It's incredibly unique position given the different size and scale and geography spread that we have inside our portfolio. You know, we're in conversations with all of the hyperscalers, chip makers, AI labs, neo clouds. You know, we're in a unique position here, just given the asset spread that we have. I would say definitely across the entire site portfolio, we are closer than we were before. Yeah, I mean, when you look across our site portfolio, you know, we have five sites with first data halls RFS in 2027. yeah i mean when you look across our site portfolio you know we have five sites with first data halls rfs in 2027 It's incredibly unique position given the different size and scale and geography spread that we have inside our portfolio. it's incredibly unique position given the different size and scale and geography spread that we have inside our portfolio You know, we're in conversations with all of the hyperscalers, chip makers, AI labs, neo clouds. you know we're in conversations with all of the hyperscalers chip makers ai labs neo clouds You know, we're in a unique position here, just given the asset spread that we have. you know we're in a unique position here just given the asset spread that we have I would say definitely across the entire site portfolio, we are closer than we were before. i would say definitely across the entire site portfolio we are closer than we were before

Speaker 2: Awesome. Really appreciate it. Thank you, guys. Awesome. awesome Really appreciate it. really appreciate it Thank you, guys. thank you guys

Speaker 1: Thanks, Brett. Thanks, Brett. thanks brett

Speaker 12: Our next question will come from John Todaro with Needham & Company. Our next question will come from John Todaro with Needham & Company. our next question will come from john todaro with needham & company

Speaker 6: Hey, guys, thanks for taking my question and congrats on the expansion of power. Two from me. I guess just one, going back to the other three hyperscalers you're now in conversation with. I guess just if we frame it up, was there already some dialogue at some point? I mean, obviously it's a little bit of a limited universe, but like should we be thinking it's kind of starting the process anew with them or there's already been, you know, at some point along the way, pretty far along where, you know, just we could get something maybe a bit sooner than necessarily restarting the process? Hey, guys, thanks for taking my question and congrats on the expansion of power. hey guys thanks for taking my question and congrats on the expansion of power Two from me. two from me I guess just one, going back to the other three hyperscalers you're now in conversation with. i guess just one going back to the other three hyperscalers you're now in conversation with I guess just if we frame it up, was there already some dialogue at some point? i guess just if we frame it up was there already some dialogue at some point I mean, obviously it's a little bit of a limited universe, but like should we be thinking it's kind of starting the process anew with them or there's already been, you know, at some point along the way, pretty far along where, you know, just we could get something maybe a bit sooner than necessarily restarting the process? i mean obviously it's a little bit of a limited universe but like should we be thinking it's kind of starting the process anew with them or there's already been you know at some point along the way pretty far along where you know just we could get something maybe a bit sooner than necessarily restarting the process

Speaker 1: Yeah. Thanks, John. I mean, our relationship with these groups is not new. We are engaged with them on other sites. This was just really bringing back, you know, both Pecos and Muskogee back to the table. That's really why we are able to immediately re-engage with those customers. Yeah. yeah Thanks, John. thanks john I mean, our relationship with these groups is not new. i mean our relationship with these groups is not new We are engaged with them on other sites. we are engaged with them on other sites This was just really bringing back, you know, both Pecos and Muskogee back to the table. this was just really bringing back you know both pecos and muskogee back to the table That's really why we are able to immediately re-engage with those customers. that's really why we are able to immediately re-engage with those customers

Speaker 6: Got it. Understood. That's very helpful. Just, you know, you mentioned starting some of the process on building out some of these assets. You know, it sounds like before a lease gets done at some of them. Just kind of, I guess, are there any guardrail on how much CapEx you would start putting forward before getting a lease? Got it. got it Understood. understood That's very helpful. that's very helpful Just, you know, you mentioned starting some of the process on building out some of these assets. just you know you mentioned starting some of the process on building out some of these assets You know, it sounds like before a lease gets done at some of them. you know it sounds like before a lease gets done at some of them Just kind of, I guess, are there any guardrail on how much CapEx you would start putting forward before getting a lease? just kind of i guess are there any guardrail on how much capex you would start putting forward before getting a lease

Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, the way we're thinking about it right now is we wanna take the first data hall to full RFS. As part of that means we're securing the labor, securing the trades. We're securing long lead equipment. We're putting ourselves in a position where if a customer signs really within any time period leading up to the RFS of the first data hall, we can just continue to extend all of that labor that we have secured on site. That's kind of our guardrail right now in terms of where we sit. Yeah, I mean, the way we're thinking about it right now is we wanna take the first data hall to full RFS. yeah i mean the way we're thinking about it right now is we wanna take the first data hall to full rfs As part of that means we're securing the labor, securing the trades. as part of that means we're securing the labor securing the trades We're securing long lead equipment. we're securing long lead equipment We're putting ourselves in a position where if a customer signs really within any time period leading up to the RFS of the first data hall, we can just continue to extend all of that labor that we have secured on site. we're putting ourselves in a position where if a customer signs really within any time period leading up to the rfs of the first data hall we can just continue to extend all of that labor that we have secured on site That's kind of our guardrail right now in terms of where we sit. that's kind of our guardrail right now in terms of where we sit We feel very confident in the strategy and the ability to show the progress that we're making across each of these sites to customers is really what's forcing the engagement here because everyone's incredibly interested in capacity that's getting delivered in 2027 right now. We feel very confident in the strategy and the ability to show the progress that we're making across each of these sites to customers is really what's forcing the engagement here because everyone's incredibly interested in capacity that's getting delivered in 2027 right now. we feel very confident in the strategy and the ability to show the progress that we're making across each of these sites to customers is really what's forcing the engagement here because everyone's incredibly interested in capacity that's getting delivered in 2027 right now

Speaker 6: Yep, understood. Thank you for that, gentlemen. Yep, understood. yep understood Thank you for that, gentlemen. thank you for that gentlemen

Speaker 1: Thank you. Thank you. thank you

Speaker 12: We'll go next to Timothy Horan with Oppenheimer. We'll go next to Timothy Horan with Oppenheimer. we'll go next to timothy horan with oppenheimer

Speaker 15: Thanks, guys. Do you have a rough idea when you might sign a contract? Can you maybe just talk about the pricing trends, you know, at a high level? Thanks, guys. thanks guys Do you have a rough idea when you might sign a contract? do you have a rough idea when you might sign a contract Can you maybe just talk about the pricing trends, you know, at a high level? can you maybe just talk about the pricing trends you know at a high level

Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, I would just say we're actively engaged right now across every major group, and we feel very confident based on where we sit today versus where we sat three months ago. The only thing that's changed is our assets have continued to build more value. We've continued to deploy more capital, and we've continued to get closer to the RFS date. We have high confidence in the customer conversations that we're having today. If you could just remind me, Tim, what was your second question? Yeah, I mean, I would just say we're actively engaged right now across every major group, and we feel very confident based on where we sit today versus where we sat three months ago. yeah i mean i would just say we're actively engaged right now across every major group and we feel very confident based on where we sit today versus where we sat three months ago The only thing that's changed is our assets have continued to build more value. the only thing that's changed is our assets have continued to build more value We've continued to deploy more capital, and we've continued to get closer to the RFS date. we've continued to deploy more capital and we've continued to get closer to the rfs date We have high confidence in the customer conversations that we're having today. we have high confidence in the customer conversations that we're having today If you could just remind me, Tim, what was your second question? if you could just remind me tim what was your second question

Speaker 15: Yeah, you know, you know, what are you seeing in the pricing trends or the pricing of the new contracts you expect? Yeah, you know, you know, what are you seeing in the pricing trends or the pricing of the new contracts you expect? yeah you know you know what are you seeing in the pricing trends or the pricing of the new contracts you expect

Speaker 1: Yeah. I mean, I think you could expect to see pricing continue to firm up. You know, really that's the result of both labor and equipment continuing to inflate. What you're just seeing is a similar move in pricing. Yeah. yeah I mean, I think you could expect to see pricing continue to firm up. i mean i think you could expect to see pricing continue to firm up You know, really that's the result of both labor and equipment continuing to inflate. you know really that's the result of both labor and equipment continuing to inflate What you're just seeing is a similar move in pricing. what you're just seeing is a similar move in pricing

Speaker 15: Just lastly, behind-the-meter power, can you give us just a sense of what's the lead time on that? Ultimately, how will your cost for, you know, build your own versus the grid, you know, compare? Just lastly, behind-the-meter power, can you give us just a sense of what's the lead time on that? just lastly behind-the-meter power can you give us just a sense of what's the lead time on that Ultimately, how will your cost for, you know, build your own versus the grid, you know, compare? ultimately how will your cost for you know build your own versus the grid you know compare

Speaker 1: Yeah. No, I mean, right now what we're looking at really is to deploy behind-the-meter solutions, you know, anywhere from about 12-14 months. The great part is for us is, you know, these are opportunities given the locations that we have available to us, is really gonna represent a great opportunity for continuing to expand at those sites. You know, the other site that we haven't talked about, Hunt. You know, Hunt has the opportunity to potentially bring behind-the-meter, that's something that we're still in the evaluation phase today. Haven't necessarily done as much of the due diligence that we've done across Pecos and Muskogee and the work that is currently being performed there. Yeah. yeah No, I mean, right now what we're looking at really is to deploy behind-the-meter solutions, you know, anywhere from about 12-14 months. no i mean right now what we're looking at really is to deploy behind-the-meter solutions you know anywhere from about 12-14 months The great part is for us is, you know, these are opportunities given the locations that we have available to us, is really gonna represent a great opportunity for continuing to expand at those sites. the great part is for us is you know these are opportunities given the locations that we have available to us is really gonna represent a great opportunity for continuing to expand at those sites You know, the other site that we haven't talked about, Hunt. you know the other site that we haven't talked about hunt You know, Hunt has the opportunity to potentially bring behind-the-meter, that's something that we're still in the evaluation phase today. you know hunt has the opportunity to potentially bring behind-the-meter that's something that we're still in the evaluation phase today Haven't necessarily done as much of the due diligence that we've done across Pecos and Muskogee and the work that is currently being performed there. haven't necessarily done as much of the due diligence that we've done across pecos and muskogee and the work that is currently being performed there

Speaker 15: Is the ultimate cost of a customer about the same as grid or a little bit more? Is the ultimate cost of a customer about the same as grid or a little bit more? is the ultimate cost of a customer about the same as grid or a little bit more

Speaker 1: It's about the same. I mean, the economics for us as a developer look very similar. The cost to the end tenant to, on a blended basis, per power rate, is not materially different. It's about the same. it's about the same I mean, the economics for us as a developer look very similar. i mean the economics for us as a developer look very similar The cost to the end tenant to, on a blended basis, per power rate, is not materially different. the cost to the end tenant to on a blended basis per power rate is not materially different

Speaker 15: Thank you. Thank you. thank you

Speaker 12: Michael Donovan with Compass Point has our next question. Michael Donovan with Compass Point has our next question. michael donovan with compass point has our next question

Speaker 11: Hi, guys. Thanks for taking my question. Another question on behind the meter. The Muskogee announcement this morning referenced Oklahoma's behind-the-meter legislation. Can you explain what that legislation changes for Core Scientific's ability to develop and whether it gives Muskogee a timing or cost advantage versus opportunities in Texas? Hi, guys. hi guys Thanks for taking my question. thanks for taking my question Another question on behind the meter. another question on behind the meter The Muskogee announcement this morning referenced Oklahoma's behind-the-meter legislation. the muskogee announcement this morning referenced oklahoma's behind-the-meter legislation Can you explain what that legislation changes for Core Scientific's ability to develop and whether it gives Muskogee a timing or cost advantage versus opportunities in Texas? can you explain what that legislation changes for core scientific's ability to develop and whether it gives muskogee a timing or cost advantage versus opportunities in texas

Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, Kevin Stitt has been a big advocate of bringing behind-the-meter opportunities to the state of Oklahoma. You know, obviously you saw Kevin Stitt's quote in the press release today. You know, Oklahoma is focused on figuring out how to bring more generation to the state. Our ability to execute at Oklahoma, I wouldn't say it's necessarily any easier or any more difficult than our site in Pecos, but we definitely have the support of the government there to continue to bring more generation to the state. Yeah, I mean, Kevin Stitt has been a big advocate of bringing behind-the-meter opportunities to the state of Oklahoma. yeah i mean kevin stitt has been a big advocate of bringing behind-the-meter opportunities to the state of oklahoma You know, obviously you saw Kevin Stitt's quote in the press release today. you know obviously you saw kevin stitt's quote in the press release today You know, Oklahoma is focused on figuring out how to bring more generation to the state. you know oklahoma is focused on figuring out how to bring more generation to the state Our ability to execute at Oklahoma, I wouldn't say it's necessarily any easier or any more difficult than our site in Pecos, but we definitely have the support of the government there to continue to bring more generation to the state. our ability to execute at oklahoma i wouldn't say it's necessarily any easier or any more difficult than our site in pecos but we definitely have the support of the government there to continue to bring more generation to the state

Speaker 11: Great. Thanks. One follow up, if I may. Have you contemplated owning the generation assets or would you be solely partnering with a power developer? How are you thinking about redundancy? Great. great Thanks. thanks One follow up, if I may. one follow up if i may Have you contemplated owning the generation assets or would you be solely partnering with a power developer? have you contemplated owning the generation assets or would you be solely partnering with a power developer How are you thinking about redundancy? how are you thinking about redundancy

Speaker 1: Yeah, I'll take the first part of that question and then I'll hand it over to Matt to take the question about redundancy. You know, as we evaluate the behind the meter solutions, there are potentially some solutions that we would own ourselves and there are others that we would work through a third party that would provide us a PPA and we would be paying for those over a course of time would be included in the power price. There's a few different methods that we could go down. It really just comes down to the economics question as well as who the behind the meter solution is from. Matt, you want to talk about redundancy? Yeah, I'll take the first part of that question and then I'll hand it over to Matt to take the question about redundancy. yeah i'll take the first part of that question and then i'll hand it over to matt to take the question about redundancy You know, as we evaluate the behind the meter solutions, there are potentially some solutions that we would own ourselves and there are others that we would work through a third party that would provide us a PPA and we would be paying for those over a course of time would be included in the power price. you know as we evaluate the behind the meter solutions there are potentially some solutions that we would own ourselves and there are others that we would work through a third party that would provide us a ppa and we would be paying for those over a course of time would be included in the power price There's a few different methods that we could go down. there's a few different methods that we could go down It really just comes down to the economics question as well as who the behind the meter solution is from. it really just comes down to the economics question as well as who the behind the meter solution is from Matt, you want to talk about redundancy? matt you want to talk about redundancy

Speaker 10: To include in that is belongs the maintenance and operation of the behind-the-meter generation comes with that PPA agreement as well. From a redundancy standpoint, obviously when we're building behind-the-meter, redundancy becomes much more critical in terms of when you're building high availability services. We'll think about redundancy in terms we need to be able to support the full load of the portion of the campus that we're powering from behind-the-meter, under maintenance conditions, meaning that we need to be able to take some of that equipment offline for maintenance, maintain full load, and have redundant capacity still online and available in the event of a failure. To include in that is belongs the maintenance and operation of the behind-the-meter generation comes with that PPA agreement as well. to include in that is belongs the maintenance and operation of the behind-the-meter generation comes with that ppa agreement as well From a redundancy standpoint, obviously when we're building behind-the-meter, redundancy becomes much more critical in terms of when you're building high availability services. from a redundancy standpoint obviously when we're building behind-the-meter redundancy becomes much more critical in terms of when you're building high availability services We'll think about redundancy in terms we need to be able to support the full load of the portion of the campus that we're powering from behind-the-meter, under maintenance conditions, meaning that we need to be able to take some of that equipment offline for maintenance, maintain full load, and have redundant capacity still online and available in the event of a failure. we'll think about redundancy in terms we need to be able to support the full load of the portion of the campus that we're powering from behind-the-meter under maintenance conditions meaning that we need to be able to take some of that equipment offline for maintenance maintain full load and have redundant capacity still online and available in the event of a failure You can almost think about that as a minimum, an N plus one configuration, maybe an N+2% or an N +20% or N+30% type of redundancy scheme. You can almost think about that as a minimum, an N plus one configuration, maybe an N +2% or an N + 20% or N+ 30% type of redundancy scheme. you can almost think about that as a minimum an n plus one configuration maybe an n +2% or an n + 20% or n+ 30% type of redundancy scheme

Speaker 11: Great. Appreciate it, and congrats on the progress. Great. great Appreciate it, and congrats on the progress. appreciate it and congrats on the progress

Speaker 10: Thank you. Thank you. thank you

Speaker 12: Moving on to Joseph Vafi with Canaccord. Moving on to Joseph Vafi with Canaccord. moving on to joseph vafi with canaccord

Speaker 9: Hey, guys. Good afternoon. Congrats on the progress. Thanks for taking the question. Just wondering how you're managing perhaps the labor side of the builds here. I'm not quite sure if you've if you're employing a few large GCs on the builds or, you know, are you looking at construction labor as any constraint in the market right now? Thank you. Hey, guys. hey guys Good afternoon. good afternoon Congrats on the progress. congrats on the progress Thanks for taking the question. thanks for taking the question Just wondering how you're managing perhaps the labor side of the builds here. just wondering how you're managing perhaps the labor side of the builds here I'm not quite sure if you've if you're employing a few large GCs on the builds or, you know, are you looking at construction labor as any constraint in the market right now? i'm not quite sure if you've if you're employing a few large gcs on the builds or you know are you looking at construction labor as any constraint in the market right now Thank you. thank you

Speaker 10: Yeah. No, great question. Labor is one of the primary constraints of the market, if not depending on which market we're talking about. When we look at nationally, labor is a big issue. It's one of the reasons why we think we have an advantage by being able to proactively invest in development of these sites, being able to secure and tie up the labor through our projected RFS and scaling beyond that. In terms of how we're doing that, we have two large GCs sort of executing our sites and development today. Those GCs have a lot of leverage in the marketplace, being able to secure electrical contractors, mechanical contractors, civil, et cetera. Yeah. yeah No, great question. no great question Labor is one of the primary constraints of the market, if not depending on which market we're talking about. labor is one of the primary constraints of the market if not depending on which market we're talking about When we look at nationally, labor is a big issue. when we look at nationally labor is a big issue It's one of the reasons why we think we have an advantage by being able to proactively invest in development of these sites, being able to secure and tie up the labor through our projected RFS and scaling beyond that. it's one of the reasons why we think we have an advantage by being able to proactively invest in development of these sites being able to secure and tie up the labor through our projected rfs and scaling beyond that In terms of how we're doing that, we have two large GCs sort of executing our sites and development today. in terms of how we're doing that we have two large gcs sort of executing our sites and development today Those GCs have a lot of leverage in the marketplace, being able to secure electrical contractors, mechanical contractors, civil, et cetera. those gcs have a lot of leverage in the marketplace being able to secure electrical contractors mechanical contractors civil et cetera All of those, all except for probably one site, are already fully mobilized and executing our developments, as we speak. All of those, all except for probably one site, are already fully mobilized and executing our developments, as we speak. all of those all except for probably one site are already fully mobilized and executing our developments as we speak

Speaker 9: Great. Thank you very much. Great. great Thank you very much. thank you very much

Speaker 12: We'll go next to Paul Golding with Macquarie Capital. We'll go next to Paul Golding with Macquarie Capital. we'll go next to paul golding with macquarie capital

Speaker 13: Thanks so much. Congrats on the progress. Just wanted to ask on these behind-the-meter opportunities that you've been discussing. I know you just mentioned in response to another question that you might partner with someone who would give you a PPA or you might look at an opportunity to do it yourself behind-the-meter in terms of generation. How is the air quality component of that structured, or how do you see that potentially being structured? Do you have to still go to market and apply for those emissions permits, or would a partner that you're speaking with already have that in hand? I have a follow-up. Thank you. Thanks so much. thanks so much Congrats on the progress. congrats on the progress Just wanted to ask on these behind-the-meter opportunities that you've been discussing. just wanted to ask on these behind-the-meter opportunities that you've been discussing I know you just mentioned in response to another question that you might partner with someone who would give you a PPA or you might look at an opportunity to do it yourself behind-the-meter in terms of generation. i know you just mentioned in response to another question that you might partner with someone who would give you a ppa or you might look at an opportunity to do it yourself behind-the-meter in terms of generation How is the air quality component of that structured, or how do you see that potentially being structured? how is the air quality component of that structured or how do you see that potentially being structured Do you have to still go to market and apply for those emissions permits, or would a partner that you're speaking with already have that in hand? do you have to still go to market and apply for those emissions permits or would a partner that you're speaking with already have that in hand I have a follow-up. i have a follow-up Thank you. thank you

Speaker 10: Yeah. No, great question. As we sort of, I mentioned in our prepared remarks is the technologies that we're gonna get behind and support for all of our behind-the-meter sites are gonna be technologies that are low emissions, generally. That will give you a little bit of insight as to what we're not thinking about from that standpoint. To go and to talk about sort of the permitting standpoint, yes. We will have to certainly go and apply for air quality permits for many of these deployments. In some cases, that will be in participation with the behind-the-meter operator or supplier. In other cases, we'll be doing that on our own. Yeah. yeah No, great question. no great question As we sort of, I mentioned in our prepared remarks is the technologies that we're gonna get behind and support for all of our behind-the-meter sites are gonna be technologies that are low emissions, generally. as we sort of i mentioned in our prepared remarks is the technologies that we're gonna get behind and support for all of our behind-the-meter sites are gonna be technologies that are low emissions generally That will give you a little bit of insight as to what we're not thinking about from that standpoint. that will give you a little bit of insight as to what we're not thinking about from that standpoint To go and to talk about sort of the permitting standpoint, yes. to go and to talk about sort of the permitting standpoint yes We will have to certainly go and apply for air quality permits for many of these deployments. we will have to certainly go and apply for air quality permits for many of these deployments In some cases, that will be in participation with the behind-the-meter operator or supplier. in some cases that will be in participation with the behind-the-meter operator or supplier In other cases, we'll be doing that on our own. in other cases we'll be doing that on our own I'll say that in both Pecos and Muskogee, we're already down, kind of, far down the path of sort of our air quality studies for the implementation of those solutions. I'll say that in both Pecos and Muskogee, we're already down, kind of, far down the path of sort of our air quality studies for the implementation of those solutions. i'll say that in both pecos and muskogee we're already down kind of far down the path of sort of our air quality studies for the implementation of those solutions

Speaker 13: Got it. Thanks so much. I was just hoping you could also give a little more detail around some of the puts and takes that enabled you to raise the run rate margin profile on the existing energized and billable capacity from that 75% to 80% to 85%. Thank you. Got it. got it Thanks so much. thanks so much I was just hoping you could also give a little more detail around some of the puts and takes that enabled you to raise the run rate margin profile on the existing energized and billable capacity from that 75% to 80% to 85%. i was just hoping you could also give a little more detail around some of the puts and takes that enabled you to raise the run rate margin profile on the existing energized and billable capacity from that 75% to 80% to 85% Thank you. thank you

Speaker 5: Two years ago, when we signed the CoreWeave original CoreWeave contract, we had a scope of service contemplated in that deal. I think we had an element of conservatism knowing that we hadn't broken ground on the project at that point, knowing that we were gonna be deploying over a fairly lengthy period, to have a what I would call a very solid perspective on what we think we could have delivered. Once you're two years after the fact, you're into it, and we've got, you know, more experience under our belt on the specificity of actual heads that are gonna be devoted to the activities and the contractors that we're using and actually have deployed on site, it's really just a true up of that experience. Two years ago, when we signed the CoreWeave original CoreWeave contract, we had a scope of service contemplated in that deal. two years ago when we signed the coreweave original coreweave contract we had a scope of service contemplated in that deal I think we had an element of conservatism knowing that we hadn't broken ground on the project at that point, knowing that we were gonna be deploying over a fairly lengthy period, to have a what I would call a very solid perspective on what we think we could have delivered. i think we had an element of conservatism knowing that we hadn't broken ground on the project at that point knowing that we were gonna be deploying over a fairly lengthy period to have a what i would call a very solid perspective on what we think we could have delivered Once you're two years after the fact, you're into it, and we've got, you know, more experience under our belt on the specificity of actual heads that are gonna be devoted to the activities and the contractors that we're using and actually have deployed on site, it's really just a true up of that experience. once you're two years after the fact you're into it and we've got you know more experience under our belt on the specificity of actual heads that are gonna be devoted to the activities and the contractors that we're using and actually have deployed on site it's really just a true up of that experience We feel good that we, you know, we're at a margin level that we can deliver today, and we're, we felt more confident that we could be a bit more prescriptive of where we think we're gonna end up. We feel good that we, you know, we're at a margin level that we can deliver today, and we're, we felt more confident that we could be a bit more prescriptive of where we think we're gonna end up. we feel good that we you know we're at a margin level that we can deliver today and we're we felt more confident that we could be a bit more prescriptive of where we think we're gonna end up

Speaker 13: Great. Thanks so much. Great. great Thanks so much. thanks so much

Speaker 12: Our next question comes from George Sutton with Craig-Hallum. Our next question comes from George Sutton with Craig-Hallum. our next question comes from george sutton with craig-hallum

Speaker 3: Thank you. As you begin to market to the chipmakers and the neo clouds, I'm just curious, do you have a bifurcated sales portfolio where some of the sites and some of the maybe even parts of locations are being marketed to those folks versus the hyperscalers? How is that working through the system? Thank you. thank you As you begin to market to the chipmakers and the neo clouds, I'm just curious, do you have a bifurcated sales portfolio where some of the sites and some of the maybe even parts of locations are being marketed to those folks versus the hyperscalers? as you begin to market to the chipmakers and the neo clouds i'm just curious do you have a bifurcated sales portfolio where some of the sites and some of the maybe even parts of locations are being marketed to those folks versus the hyperscalers How is that working through the system? how is that working through the system

Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, really, we're showing both chipmakers, neo clouds, labs. We're showing them the same sites that we are also showing to hyperscalers. I mean, as we work through these processes, oftentimes, you know, they're migrating to one or another site. In reality, you know, we're showing our entire portfolios to each of the customers that come through our door. Yeah, I mean, really, we're showing both chipmakers, neo clouds, labs. yeah i mean really we're showing both chipmakers neo clouds labs We're showing them the same sites that we are also showing to hyperscalers. we're showing them the same sites that we are also showing to hyperscalers I mean, as we work through these processes, oftentimes, you know, they're migrating to one or another site. i mean as we work through these processes oftentimes you know they're migrating to one or another site In reality, you know, we're showing our entire portfolios to each of the customers that come through our door. in reality you know we're showing our entire portfolios to each of the customers that come through our door

Speaker 3: One other question relative to the decision to execute ahead of the contracts. How does the negotiation get altered with some of these potential customers when you've, you know, you've secured the supply chain and you're kind of moving forward? Does that accelerate discussions? Does that keep them more engaged? Can you just walk through that thought process? One other question relative to the decision to execute ahead of the contracts. one other question relative to the decision to execute ahead of the contracts How does the negotiation get altered with some of these potential customers when you've, you know, you've secured the supply chain and you're kind of moving forward? how does the negotiation get altered with some of these potential customers when you've you know you've secured the supply chain and you're kind of moving forward Does that accelerate discussions? does that accelerate discussions Does that keep them more engaged? does that keep them more engaged Can you just walk through that thought process? can you just walk through that thought process

Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, it definitely keeps them more engaged. I mean, they rarely see sites that come across their desk where there's an RFS timeline really within, you know, 18 months, even more so, you know, less than that. For us, you know, being able to show photos and videos of sites with active construction going on, and the list of equipment that are on order, that dramatically changes the dynamic of the discussions, because this isn't just a, you know, a photo of a piece of land. You know, this is an active construction site, actively progressing towards building a data center. Yeah, I mean, it definitely keeps them more engaged. yeah i mean it definitely keeps them more engaged I mean, they rarely see sites that come across their desk where there's an RFS timeline really within, you know, 18 months, even more so, you know, less than that. i mean they rarely see sites that come across their desk where there's an rfs timeline really within you know 18 months even more so you know less than that For us, you know, being able to show photos and videos of sites with active construction going on, and the list of equipment that are on order, that dramatically changes the dynamic of the discussions, because this isn't just a, you know, a photo of a piece of land. for us you know being able to show photos and videos of sites with active construction going on and the list of equipment that are on order that dramatically changes the dynamic of the discussions because this isn't just a you know a photo of a piece of land You know, this is an active construction site, actively progressing towards building a data center. you know this is an active construction site actively progressing towards building a data center

Speaker 3: Gotcha. Thank you, Adam. Gotcha. gotcha Thank you, Adam. thank you adam

Speaker 12: We'll go next to Jon Hickman with Ladenburg Thalmann. We'll go next to Jon Hickman with Ladenburg Thalmann. we'll go next to jon hickman with ladenburg thalmann

Speaker 8: Hi. Thanks for taking my question. This is a little bit esoteric, but now that you're well into your buildout for CoreWeave, could you comment on the experience? Like, what was harder than you thought? What was easier? Where do you think you have a competitive advantage now that you've, you know, put that much, that many megawatts into production? Hi. hi Thanks for taking my question. thanks for taking my question This is a little bit esoteric, but now that you're well into your buildout for CoreWeave, could you comment on the experience? this is a little bit esoteric but now that you're well into your buildout for coreweave could you comment on the experience Like, what was harder than you thought? like what was harder than you thought What was easier? what was easier Where do you think you have a competitive advantage now that you've, you know, put that much, that many megawatts into production? where do you think you have a competitive advantage now that you've you know put that much that many megawatts into production

Speaker 10: Yeah. No, it's actually a great question. The kind of reflecting on that, I think the thing that was much more difficult than we certainly gave it credit for was actually executing on brownfield conversions, which is why everything you see that we're doing forward is actually a greenfield site with a very highly standard basis design that allows us to get kind of leverage over our supply chain and be super predictable in terms of our build, our delivery dates. brownfield sites are highly unpredictable. They require a lot of customization. It's a lot of effort to try to retrofit an existing building. While sometimes that can be faster, it also comes with a lot more complexity. Yeah. yeah No, it's actually a great question. no it's actually a great question The kind of reflecting on that, I think the thing that was much more difficult than we certainly gave it credit for was actually executing on brownfield conversions, which is why everything you see that we're doing forward is actually a greenfield site with a very highly standard basis design that allows us to get kind of leverage over our supply chain and be super predictable in terms of our build, our delivery dates. brownfield sites are highly unpredictable. the kind of reflecting on that i think the thing that was much more difficult than we certainly gave it credit for was actually executing on brownfield conversions which is why everything you see that we're doing forward is actually a greenfield site with a very highly standard basis design that allows us to get kind of leverage over our supply chain and be super predictable in terms of our build our delivery dates brownfield sites are highly unpredictable They require a lot of customization. they require a lot of customization It's a lot of effort to try to retrofit an existing building. it's a lot of effort to try to retrofit an existing building While sometimes that can be faster, it also comes with a lot more complexity. while sometimes that can be faster it also comes with a lot more complexity That's what I would say is probably our biggest, one of our biggest lessons learned out of this. That's what I would say is probably our biggest, one of our biggest lessons learned out of this. that's what i would say is probably our biggest one of our biggest lessons learned out of this

Speaker 8: Okay. Competitively, now that you've learned that, where do you think you are with other people that are trying to, I mean, there's many other competitors that are trying to build data centers? Okay. okay Competitively, now that you've learned that, where do you think you are with other people that are trying to, I mean, there's many other competitors that are trying to build data centers? competitively now that you've learned that where do you think you are with other people that are trying to i mean there's many other competitors that are trying to build data centers

Speaker 10: Yeah, the great part of. Yeah, the great part of. yeah the great part of

Speaker 8: Why would I choose you, kind of? Why would I choose you, kind of? why would i choose you kind of

Speaker 10: Yeah. I think the great part of this is that we've had 5 sites not practice on, but we have been executing these high-density builds across all the CoreWeave locations. We've been able to iterate on those designs. I mean, we've executed more than 150 design changes along the way across the portfolio. That gives us a little bit of a little bit of ahead of the game in terms of what doesn't work and what works well. All of those learnings have been sort of culminated and formulated into a go forward build strategy. I think we have just the advantage of learning all those lessons firsthand in real time. We won't make those mistakes going forward. Yeah. yeah I think the great part of this is that we've had 5 sites not practice on, but we have been executing these high-density builds across all the CoreWeave locations. i think the great part of this is that we've had 5 sites not practice on but we have been executing these high-density builds across all the coreweave locations We've been able to iterate on those designs. we've been able to iterate on those designs I mean, we've executed more than 150 design changes along the way across the portfolio. i mean we've executed more than 150 design changes along the way across the portfolio That gives us a little bit of a little bit of ahead of the game in terms of what doesn't work and what works well. that gives us a little bit of a little bit of ahead of the game in terms of what doesn't work and what works well All of those learnings have been sort of culminated and formulated into a go forward build strategy. all of those learnings have been sort of culminated and formulated into a go forward build strategy I think we have just the advantage of learning all those lessons firsthand in real time. i think we have just the advantage of learning all those lessons firsthand in real time We won't make those mistakes going forward. we won't make those mistakes going forward

Speaker 8: Great. Thanks. Congratulations on the new deals. Great. great Thanks. thanks Congratulations on the new deals. congratulations on the new deals

Speaker 12: Our next question comes from Nick Giles with B. Riley Securities. Our next question comes from Nick Giles with B. our next question comes from nick giles with b Riley Securities. riley securities

Speaker 4: Thank you, operator. This is Henry Hurl on for Nick Giles. I wanted to ask about the change in your approach to exclusivity. In what scenarios would you go into it? And then you also mentioned being in contact with several counterparties. Would you expect to announce exclusivity if you were to enter into one? Thanks. Thank you, operator. thank you operator This is Henry Hurl on for Nick Giles. this is henry hurl on for nick giles I wanted to ask about the change in your approach to exclusivity. i wanted to ask about the change in your approach to exclusivity In what scenarios would you go into it? in what scenarios would you go into it And then you also mentioned being in contact with several counterparties. and then you also mentioned being in contact with several counterparties Would you expect to announce exclusivity if you were to enter into one? would you expect to announce exclusivity if you were to enter into one Thanks. thanks

Speaker 1: Yeah. Thanks, Henry. You know, I wouldn't say that we would expect to announce, you know, in the interim between quarters. Really what we've migrated to here is moving to a milestone arrangement method, which allows us to ensure that the cadence is moving at the pace that we would expect it to in a deal that would move towards closing. That allows us to bring a site back on market if we don't feel like the pace and cadence is necessarily where we would like it to be. You know, we've migrated to this strategy. We're executing on it now, and we feel like it gives us the best shot on goal given the demand that we're seeing in the market today. Yeah. yeah Thanks, Henry. thanks henry You know, I wouldn't say that we would expect to announce, you know, in the interim between quarters. you know i wouldn't say that we would expect to announce you know in the interim between quarters Really what we've migrated to here is moving to a milestone arrangement method, which allows us to ensure that the cadence is moving at the pace that we would expect it to in a deal that would move towards closing. really what we've migrated to here is moving to a milestone arrangement method which allows us to ensure that the cadence is moving at the pace that we would expect it to in a deal that would move towards closing That allows us to bring a site back on market if we don't feel like the pace and cadence is necessarily where we would like it to be. that allows us to bring a site back on market if we don't feel like the pace and cadence is necessarily where we would like it to be You know, we've migrated to this strategy. you know we've migrated to this strategy We're executing on it now, and we feel like it gives us the best shot on goal given the demand that we're seeing in the market today. we're executing on it now and we feel like it gives us the best shot on goal given the demand that we're seeing in the market today

Speaker 4: Understood. Thanks for that. Then on winding down your Bitcoin mining operations in the coming quarters, do you guys have a definitive target date to be fully out of that business, or will it kind of act as a small hedge going forward? Thanks. Understood. understood Thanks for that. thanks for that Then on winding down your Bitcoin mining operations in the coming quarters, do you guys have a definitive target date to be fully out of that business, or will it kind of act as a small hedge going forward? then on winding down your bitcoin mining operations in the coming quarters do you guys have a definitive target date to be fully out of that business or will it kind of act as a small hedge going forward Thanks. thanks

Speaker 1: No, I would say, you know, over the course of the remainder of this year, the Bitcoin mining business is going to continue to migrate lower. By the end of this year, we will only have one or potentially two sites operating Bitcoin mining. No, I would say, you know, over the course of the remainder of this year, the Bitcoin mining business is going to continue to migrate lower. no i would say you know over the course of the remainder of this year the bitcoin mining business is going to continue to migrate lower By the end of this year, we will only have one or potentially two sites operating Bitcoin mining. by the end of this year we will only have one or potentially two sites operating bitcoin mining

Speaker 4: Thank you. Continue. Best of luck. Thank you. thank you Continue. continue Best of luck. best of luck

Speaker 1: Thanks, Henry. Thanks, Henry. thanks henry

Speaker 12: Moving on to Stephen Glagola with KBW. Moving on to Stephen Glagola with KBW. moving on to stephen glagola with kbw

Speaker 14: Hey, thanks for the question. Adam, I just, you know, wanted to touch base again on the challenges on securing the leasing commitments at Pecos and Muskogee. You know, from my standpoint, it would seem like you have strong leverage there. You know, the sites have near term power. You can point to your execution and the CoreWeave buildouts to date. I guess, like, maybe my question is, are you seeing, like, hyperscalers become more selective in their choice of development partners? If so, you know, how is that influencing demand or deal timing? Hey, thanks for the question. hey thanks for the question Adam, I just, you know, wanted to touch base again on the challenges on securing the leasing commitments at Pecos and Muskogee. adam i just you know wanted to touch base again on the challenges on securing the leasing commitments at pecos and muskogee You know, from my standpoint, it would seem like you have strong leverage there. you know from my standpoint it would seem like you have strong leverage there You know, the sites have near term power. you know the sites have near term power You can point to your execution and the CoreWeave buildouts to date. you can point to your execution and the coreweave buildouts to date I guess, like, maybe my question is, are you seeing, like, hyperscalers become more selective in their choice of development partners? i guess like maybe my question is are you seeing like hyperscalers become more selective in their choice of development partners If so, you know, how is that influencing demand or deal timing? if so you know how is that influencing demand or deal timing

Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, I think the interesting part about this is the exclusivity that expired, that customer is still at the table and still interested in those sites. I think you are seeing that broadly across the market. You know, you're seeing, you know, repeat deals across some of the developers, especially on the private side. I would agree with that. Also, you know, they're also looking for experience in the development of this type of infrastructure. This is different than the traditional data center infrastructure. Given the experience that we have and our ability to show them 5 sites that we've built, 590 megawatts in progress of critical IT load, that's a differentiator, and that really puts us in a different bucket here. Yeah, I mean, I think the interesting part about this is the exclusivity that expired, that customer is still at the table and still interested in those sites. yeah i mean i think the interesting part about this is the exclusivity that expired that customer is still at the table and still interested in those sites I think you are seeing that broadly across the market. i think you are seeing that broadly across the market You know, you're seeing, you know, repeat deals across some of the developers, especially on the private side. you know you're seeing you know repeat deals across some of the developers especially on the private side I would agree with that. i would agree with that Also, you know, they're also looking for experience in the development of this type of infrastructure. also you know they're also looking for experience in the development of this type of infrastructure This is different than the traditional data center infrastructure. this is different than the traditional data center infrastructure Given the experience that we have and our ability to show them 5 sites that we've built, 590 megawatts in progress of critical IT load, that's a differentiator, and that really puts us in a different bucket here. given the experience that we have and our ability to show them 5 sites that we've built 590 megawatts in progress of critical it load that's a differentiator and that really puts us in a different bucket here You know, as you mentioned, we have great experience building. We have sites under construction, and, you know, it really puts us into a pretty unique category in this industry. You know, as you mentioned, we have great experience building. you know as you mentioned we have great experience building We have sites under construction, and, you know, it really puts us into a pretty unique category in this industry. we have sites under construction and you know it really puts us into a pretty unique category in this industry

Speaker 14: Thank you. Thank you. thank you

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