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.

The $9 billion deal is a play on AI power needs, but one analyst thinks the purchase price undervalues Core Scientific’s business and potential.

CoreWeave will buy crypto miner Core Scientific in an all-stock deal valued at about $9 billion, it said on Monday, as AI infrastructure firms race to secure the energy and data center capacity needed to power surging demand.