Core Scientific Rises as Bitcoin Booms and CoreWeave Deal Fails, Focus Shifts to AI Data Centers
Core Scientific’s stock found itself in focus after the dramatic breakdown of a planned merger. On Oct. 30 shareholders rejected CoreWeave’s $9 billion all-stock bid reuters.com datacenterdynamics.com. Core Scientific said in a press release that it “did not receive the requisite number of votes” and therefore terminated the merger agreement, effective immediately businesswire.com. The result came after weeks of proxy battles: major holder Two Seas Capital (with ~6% of CORZ) led a campaign saying the deal “materially undervalues” Core Scientific reuters.com, and ISS likewise urged a no-vote, reasoning that Core Scientific “has performed well on its own” and can keep growing