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Core Scientific (CORZ)

Q1'26 earnings call · held May 6, 2026 · compared with the Q4'25 call · management-credibility review
7/12
Disclosure score
3 high, 4 medium, 1 low flags
Financial quality
Bottom line
The sleeper story is that CORZ accidentally revealed their assets are more valuable than anyone thought, with three hyperscalers immediately pouncing when exclusivity expired. The market sees a $3.3B financing win, but I see a company pre-building 1GW of capacity without contracts in a desperate bid to force hyperscaler hands, because time-to-RFS is their only real differentiator. The binding constraint isn't power or demand; it's their inability to convert conversations to contracts, evidenced by their admission: 'We did not sign one by this call, and we are not satisfied with that.' My view changes if they sign a non-CoreWeave hyperscaler in Q2, proving the pre-build strategy works rather than just burning cash on hope.

The 30-second version

  • The sleeper: CORZ quietly killed hyperscaler exclusivity and now has THREE hyperscalers immediately competing for the same sites
  • The obvious: $3.3B financing closed, but the real story is they're pre-building 1GW WITHOUT signed contracts
  • The red flag: Mining revenue still dominates but they stopped giving hash rate guidance entirely

What changed this quarter

MetricQ4'25Q1'26Change
Billable MW (CoreWeave)~130MW energized, limited billing243MW billing, 350MW energized+113MW billing quarter-over-quarter
Annualized Colocation RevenueNot disclosed$350M+ annualizedFirst disclosure of run-rate
CoreWeave Gross Margin Target75-80%80-85%+500bps margin expansion
Total Pipeline Capacity~900MW leasable~1,500MW leasable+67% pipeline expansion
Sites Under Exclusivity2 sites (500MW)0 sites (expired)Lost exclusivity entirely
Cash SG&ANot disclosed$30M quarterlyNew baseline disclosure
Bitcoin Holdings~1,900 BTC<1,000 BTCSold $175M in January
Development CapEx PlanNot specified$2B for 2026First concrete spend commitment
Muskogee Capacity70MW Phase 11.5GW gross planned21x expansion announcement
Pecos Capacity200MW1.5GW potential7.5x expansion path revealed

Accountability tracked

8 new promises made4 narrative shifts flagged6 prior promises scored
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