Core Scientific

Average (2.7/5)https://corescientific.com/

Core Scientific has shifted its public-facing business entirely to AI/HPC high-density colocation (the CoreWeave-era pivot); crypto-mining hosting is no longer marketed anywhere on its site.

Recent Activity

Hacker News
Trust signal grade 4.1 → 4 · 19 days ago

Most recent mention

"I mean Michigan really loves it when something gives jobs, so as long as the data center actually enacts on it then I suspect opposition will go away<p>That said, we&#x27;ve seen data center projects often employ much…"

64 days ago· by JimsonYangView source ↗

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BBB Profile

Accreditation: UnknownLetter rating: Complaints (3 yrs):

Locations

  • office — Austin, United States(exact)

    Austin HQ, Texas

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  • facility — Dalton, United States(exact)

    Dalton 1 data center, Georgia

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  • facility — Calvert City, United States(exact)

    Calvert City data center, Kentucky

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  • facility — Marble, United States(exact)

    Marble data center, North Carolina

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  • facility — Grand Forks, United States(exact)

    Grand Forks, North Dakota data center (100 MW)

  • facility — Muskogee, United States(exact)

    Muskogee, Oklahoma data center (100 MW, CoreWeave HPC site)

  • facility — Greenville, United States(exact)

    Hunt County, Texas data center (near Dallas, 285 MW leasable)

  • facility — Pecos, United States(exact)

    Pecos, Texas data center ("Cottonwood", 253-300 MW)

  • facility — Austin, United States(exact)

    Austin data center (15-20 MW), Texas

  • facility — Denton, United States(exact)

    Denton data center campus, Texas

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  • facility — Auburn, United States(exact)

    Auburn, Alabama data center (50 MW)

⚖️ RegulatoryF-

Checked against 5 regulator sources — no warnings found.

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  • US CFTC RED List:5.0/5(Not listed)· checked Jul 9, 2026view ↗

    Not named on the CFTC RED List as of 2026-07-10 (checked by name and domain). Scored 5.0/5 under this project's pass/fail convention for regulator lists: clean = 5.0, listed = 1.0.

  • IOSCO Investor Alerts:5.0/5(Not listed)· checked Jul 9, 2026view ↗

    Not named on IOSCO’s Investor Alerts Portal as of 2026-07-10 (checked by name and domain). Scored 5.0/5 under this project's pass/fail convention for regulator lists: clean = 5.0, listed = 1.0.

  • UK FCA Warning List:5.0/5(Not listed)· checked Jul 9, 2026view ↗

    Not named on the UK FCA Warning List as of 2026-07-10 (checked by name and domain). Scored 5.0/5 under this project's pass/fail convention for regulator lists: clean = 5.0, listed = 1.0.

  • US SEC PAUSE List:5.0/5(Not listed)· checked Jul 9, 2026view ↗

    Not named on the SEC PAUSE list as of 2026-07-10 (checked by name and domain). Scored 5.0/5 under this project's pass/fail convention for regulator lists: clean = 5.0, listed = 1.0.

  • Federal Court Records:1.0/5(18 cases)· checked Aug 31, 2026view ↗

    18 federal court records matched this company as a party in the RECAP archive: "Vicon Construction, LLC v. Core Scientific, Inc." (District Court, W.D. North Carolina, filed 2026-07-16); "Malikie Innovations Ltd. v. Core Scientific, Inc." (District Court, E.D. Texas, filed 2025-05-12); "Core Scientific, Inc. v. CES Corporation" (District Court, W.D. Texas, filed 2024-04-22); "Core Scientific Specialty Mining (Oklahoma) LLC v. GEM Mining 1, LLC" (United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Texas, filed 2024-03-01); "Hoffman" (District Court, S.D. Texas, filed 2024-01-31) — plus 13 more. At least one appears to be a BANKRUPTCY proceeding. Litigation presence is a caution flag requiring manual review, not proof of wrongdoing — the company may be a plaintiff, and party-name matches can collide with similarly named entities (case names listed above so a human can verify).

🛡️ Trust SignalsB+

Checked against 4 trust signals — see the per-source breakdown below.

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  • ScamAdviser:4.0/5(Very Likely Safe)· checked Jul 9, 2026view ↗
  • Website Freshness:2.8/5(44%)· checked Sep 3, 2026view ↗
  • Website Exists:5.0/5(A)· checked Sep 3, 2026view ↗
  • Site History:5.0/5(since 2010)· checked Sep 3, 2026view ↗

Google Search SummaryD

Core Scientific has a serious documented history: a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing (December 2022) after its share price fell 98%, a securities fraud class-action lawsuit, and a Celsius Network motion alleging violations of bankruptcy-stay provisions and improper surcharges. A 2026 contractor lawsuit also alleges $2.5M in unpaid work. The company has since restructured around AI/HPC hosting (CoreWeave partnership), but this history is real and well-corroborated.

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Reddit SummaryC (limited data)

review angle is almost entirely collision — 'Core Scientific' matches peer-review, scientific-method and NIST posts in unrelated subs. One CORZ price-crash rant, excluded as price commentary under Step 2b.

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