ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS (Details) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands		9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 18, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jan. 19, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares shares
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share) | $ / shares		$ 0.0001	$ 0.0001	$ 0.00001
Common stock, exchange ratio				1.6001528688
Common stock, shares outstanding (in shares) | shares		364,710	271,576
Proceeds from transactions | $				$ 221,600
Proceeds from transactions, net of transaction expenses | $				$ 195,000
Reverse recapitalization, transaction costs | $		$ 7,900	$ 18,600
Capitalized transaction costs, noncurrent | $			10,700
Costs attributable to issuance of common stock and equity instruments - Merger with XPDI | $		(16,642)	$ 16,600
Transaction costs allocated to liability-classified instruments | $		$ 2,000
Contingently redeemable preferred stock, par value (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 0.0001	$ 0.0001	$ 0.0001
SPAC vesting shares (in shares) | shares	1,700
Volume weighted average price (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 12.50
Vesting terms, threshold number of trading days	20 days
Vesting terms, threshold number of consecutive trading days	30 days
Threshold period after the Closing Date	5 years
Warrants outstanding (in shares) | shares		14,900
Public Warrants
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Warrants outstanding (in shares) | shares		8,600
Private Placement Warrants
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Warrants outstanding (in shares) | shares		6,300
Conversion of Series A Preferred Stock to Common Stock
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Recapitalization transaction, conversion ratio	1
Conversion of Series B Preferred Stock to Common Stock
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Recapitalization transaction, conversion ratio	1
Conversion of XPDI's Common Stock to New Core Common Stock
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Recapitalization transaction, conversion ratio	1
Conversion of XPDI Class B Common Stock to New Core Common Stock
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Recapitalization transaction, conversion ratio	1
Former Core Scientific Stockholders
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Percent of ownership after transaction				0.907
Former XPDI Public Stockholders
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Percent of ownership after transaction				0.067
XPDI Sponsor
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Percent of ownership after transaction				0.026
XPDI
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Stock redeemed (in shares) | shares	12,300
Share redemption price (in dollars per share) | $ / shares				$ 10.00
Stock redeemed | $	$ 123,500
XPDI | Public Warrants
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Warrants outstanding (in shares) | shares	8,600
XPDI | Private Placement Warrants
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Warrants outstanding (in shares) | shares	6,300
Class A common stock | XPDI
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 0.0001
Common stock, shares outstanding (in shares) | shares				34,500
Class B common stock | XPDI
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	0.0001
New Core Common Stock
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 0.0001
Series A Preferred Stock
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Contingently redeemable preferred stock, par value (in dollars per share) | $ / shares				$ 0.00001
Series B Preferred Stock
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Contingently redeemable preferred stock, par value (in dollars per share) | $ / shares				$ 0.00001