CoreWeave’s CEO said the acquisition will enhance the company’s performance and expertise as they "continue helping customers unleash AI’s full potential."

CoreWeave announced its anticipated acquisition of Core Scientific on Monday. The deal has several benefits for CoreWeave and very little risk. On Monday, July 7, AI infrastructure darling CoreWeave (NASDAQ: CRWV) announced it would be acquiring Bitcoin miner Core Scientific (NASDAQ: CORZ) in an all-stock deal.

CoreWeave will buy crypto miner Core Scientific in an all-stock deal valued at about $9 billion, it said on Monday, as AI infrastructure firms race to secure the energy and data center capacity needed to power surging demand.