Core Scientific announced on August 6 an extension of its partnership with CoreWeave to deliver an additional 112 megawatts (MW) of high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure.
According to a press release shared with Cryptonews.com, CoreWeave has exercised its option to expand its contract with Core Scientific by 112 MW, bringing the total HPC infrastructure to 382 MW to support CoreWeave’s NVIDIA GPUs.
Today, Core Scientific announced exercise of additional contract option by @CoreWeave for delivery of ~112 MW of additional infrastructure to host high-performance computing operations.
-Expands total contracted #HPC infrastructure by CoreWeave to 382 MW at 5 $CORZ sites… pic.twitter.com/Z2Fz9dNAC8
— Core Scientific (@Core_Scientific) August 6, 2024
The newly expanded contract with CoreWeave is anticipated to generate an additional $2.0 billion in cumulative revenue over the 12-year term. This addition brings the total projected revenue from CoreWeave’s contracts to $6.7 billion, including the previously announced $4.7 billion.
“We have now contracted with CoreWeave for a total of 382 megawatts of HPC infrastructure, reflecting the strong demand for high-power data center infrastructure and the unique ability of our team to deliver it,” said Core Scientific CEO Adam Sullivan.
“The latest contract also validates that our strategy for developing application-specific data centers aligns with the increasing energy density requirements for high-performance computing that legacy data centers do not typically satisfy,” stated Sullivan.
Based on the agreements announced on June 3 and June 25, 2024, CoreWeave will fund all capital investments needed to upgrade Core Scientific’s infrastructure for high-performance computing. The new