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TeraWulf to lease 70 MW to host AI as Bitcoin mining costs jump

TeraWulf is looking to expand into the red-hot AI space as Bitcoin mining difficulty increases and profitability shrinks.

Bitcoin miner TeraWulf will lease over 70 megawatts of data center infrastructure to expand its artificial intelligence revenue as it struggles with rising Bitcoin mining costs.

TeraWulf said on Dec. 23 that AI and cloud provider Core42 would rent the 70 MW of infrastructure at the crypto miner’s Lake Mariner facility in upstate New York as its share price closed down 12% amid a broader market fall.

“The data center leases reflect TeraWulf’s strategic extension into AI-driven computing, complementing its profitable Bitcoin mining operations,” TeraWulf said.

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Hive Digital to expand operations to Paraguay for the first time

Bitcoin miner Hive Digital has plans to build a 100-megawatt mining facility in Paraguay powered by the nation’s Itaipu hydroelectric dam.

Bitcoin miner HIVE Digital Technologies has revealed plans to build a 100-megawatt mining site in Paraguay — its first site in the country — expected to more than double its mining hashrate.

The expansion announcement came after HIVE executives toured the country and met with Paraguay President Santiago Peña and senior cabinet ministers, and saw “huge potential for growth,” according to a July 22 statement.

HIVE estimates its hashrate would increase from 5.6 exahashes per second to 12.1 EH/s after the site is completed.

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