Core Scientific Colocation Revenue Surges 268% Amid Mixed Q4 Results

Core Scientific posted quarterly earnings results for Q4 2025. The firm reported total revenue of $79.8 million, down from $94.9 million a year earlier. However, colocation revenue jumped 268%.

Core Scientific (CORZ) is a US-based BTC mining and digital infrastructure company. The firm missed revenue forecasts of $122.076 million and posted a per-share loss that was more than five times wider than expected.

Why it matters:

• BTC miners face a structural squeeze as weaker BTC prices and rising energy costs are compressing self-mining margins across the sector.
• Miners are shifting from pure cryptocurrency mining to supporting AI and high-performance computing (HPC) data centers.

The details:

• Core Scientific reported colocation revenue of $31.3 million in Q4 2025, up from $8.5 million in Q4 2024.
• Digital asset self-mining revenue fell to $42.2 million. According to the firm, this was driven by a 57% drop in BTC mined.
• Gross profit rose to $20.8 million from $4.8 million in 2024. However, Core Scientific registered a negative Non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA of $42.7 million.
• The company reported a loss of $0.42 per share, compared to the expected loss of $0.08 per share.
• Liquidity stood at $533.4 million at year-end, comprising $311.4 million in cash and cash equivalents and $222 million in BTC holdings.

The big picture: