The CUORE (Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events) experiment will search for neutrinoless double beta decay (0νDBD) in ¹³⁰Te, a rare nuclear process that, if observed, would provide us with information on the Majorana nature and absolute mass scale of the neutrino. The CUORE detector will be a bolometric array of 988 tellurium dioxide crystals, with a total mass of about 200 kg of Te-130. The experiment is under construction at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory in Italy. As a first step towards CUORE, the first tower (CUORE-0) will be assembled and operated independently in the near future.

In this talk I will give a detailed description of the CUORE-0 and CUORE detectors and their expected performances. I will then discuss the status of the CUORE experiment, it’s critical points and its expected sensitivity.