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.

Now, CoreWeave has helped another crypto mining operation fully pivot. On Monday, the company announced its plans to acquire Core Scientific, a publicly traded Bitcoin miner. The acquisition, which CoreWeave said is expected to close in the fourth quarter, was an all-stock deal for about $9 billion.

If the deal closes, CoreWeave won't have to pay rent to Core Scientific, a longtime partner, on several data center sites.