Company ventures into Mississippi with acquisition of three turnkey
operations that are expected to generate operating hashrate of 2.4
EH/s
Expands in Dalton,
GA, with acquisition of third site and expansion of existing
Dalton facilities to bring total
expected hashrate there to 2.4 EH/s
LAS
VEGAS, Feb. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- CleanSpark
Inc. (Nasdaq: CLSK), America's Bitcoin Minerâ„¢, today
announced it has entered into definitive agreements to acquire
three turnkey bitcoin mining facilities in
Mississippi for a cash payment of
$19.8 million. The purchase is
expected to close within 21 days, with the operating hashrate at
the combined facilities expected to reach 2.4 EH/s (exahashes per
second) shortly after closing.
Concurrently, the Company has entered into definitive agreements
to acquire a third mining facility which is under construction in
Dalton, GA, for an initial cash
payment of $3.4 million. The Company
expects to invest another $3.5
million to complete the project, with a target operational
date of April 2024. The facility is
expected to operate at 0.8 EH/s.
CleanSpark already operates approximately 0.8 EH/s of machines
at its current campus in Dalton,
comprised of two facilities. Additionally, the Company is now
expanding its existing Dalton
campus with an extra 0.8 EH/s expected, for a total operating
hashrate of 2.4 EH/s once all facilities in Dalton are running at full capacity.
The two announced deals, combined with the imminent energization
of the Sandersville expansion,
provide CleanSpark the additional power it needs to exceed 20 EH/s
during the first half of 2024, which is double the Company's
current operational hashrate of 10 EH/s. The Company expects to pay
for the acquisitions with cash on hand.
"I'm pleased to announce our expansion into nearby Mississippi and for our newest acquisition in
Dalton, which will not only
strengthen our ties in this vibrant community but also improve our
operating efficiencies as we prepare for the halving," said
Zach Bradford, CEO. "Given our
existing footprint in Dalton, we
expect to nearly triple our hashrate there with minimal increases
to our overhead operating costs."
Bradford continued, "With the addition of Mississippi to our portfolio, we are gradually
increasing our geographic diversity and expect to apply our proven
track record of success in this new and exciting operating
environment. As one of the few public miners to achieve scale, we
expect to continue to be among the most efficient operators, both
in terms of the wise stewardship of our energy portfolio and in our
ability to maintain best-in-class overhead costs."
The news of these recent acquisitions comes on the heels of
CleanSpark's announcement in January of its strategic agreement to
purchase up to 160,000 S21 miners, providing a path to 50 EH/s.
Expected and Existing Hashrate by
Location
|
|
|
Announced
Acquisition
|
Planned
Expansion
|
Existing
Hashrate
|
Total*
|
Dalton
(existing)
|
0.8 EH/s
|
0.8 EH/s
|
0.8 EH/s
|
2.4 EH/s
|
Mississippi
|
2.4 EH/s
|
-
|
-
|
2.4 EH/s
|
Sandersville
|
-
|
6.0 EH/s
|
2.4 EH/s
|
8.4 EH/s
|
Washington
|
-
|
-
|
3.2 EH/s
|
3.2 EH/s
|
Norcross
|
-
|
-
|
0.5 EH/s
|
0.5 EH/s
|
College Park
|
-
|
-
|
1.5 EH/s
|
1.5 EH/s
|
Co-locations
|
-
|
-
|
1.6 EH/s
|
1.6 EH/s
|
Total*
|
3.2 EH/s
|
6.8 EH/s
|
10 EH/s
|
20 EH/s
|
|
*Total hashrate is
based on best case estimates and includes a combination of ASIC
models, including JPros, XPs, and S21s.
|
About CleanSpark
CleanSpark (Nasdaq: CLSK) is
America's Bitcoin Minerâ„¢. We own and operate data
centers that primarily run on low-carbon power. Our infrastructure
responsibly supports Bitcoin, the world's most
important digital commodity and an essential tool for financial
independence and inclusion. We cultivate trust and transparency
among our employees and the communities we operate in. Visit our
website at www.cleanspark.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In this press release,
forward-looking statements include, but may not be limited to,
statements regarding the Company's expectations, beliefs, plans,
intentions, and strategies. In some cases, you can identify
forward-looking statements by terms such as "may," "will,"
"should," "expects," "plans," "anticipates," "could," "intends,"
"targets," "projects," "contemplates," "believes," "estimates,"
"forecasts," "predicts," "potential" or "continue" or the negative
of these terms or other similar expressions. The forward-looking
statements are subject to a variety of known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other important factors that may cause our actual
results, performance or achievements to be materially different
from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or
implied by the forward-looking statements, including, but not
limited to: the closing of the acquisitions, the timing,
performance, and costs of acquiring, putting into operation, and
then operating the real estate and assets in Mississippi; the timing, performance, and
costs of acquiring, putting into operation, and then operating the
real estate and completion of construction of the building in
Dalton; the timing, performance,
and costs of expanding the Company's existing Dalton facilities; the Company realizing the
hashrate and efficiency discussed in this press release; the risk
that the electrical power available to our facilities is reduced,
curtailed, or does not increase as expected; the success of its
digital currency mining activities; the volatile and unpredictable
cycles in the emerging and evolving industries in which we operate;
increasing difficulty rates for bitcoin mining;
bitcoin halving; new or additional governmental
regulation; the anticipated delivery dates of new miners; the
ability to successfully deploy new miners; the dependency on
utility rate structures and government incentive programs;
dependency on third-party power providers for expansion efforts;
the expectations of future revenue growth may not be realized; and
other risks described in the Company's prior press releases and in
its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC),
including under the heading "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2023, and any subsequent filings
with the SEC. Forward-looking statements contained herein are made
only as to the date of this press release, and we assume no
obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements as a
result of any new information, changed circumstances or future
events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.
Investor Relations Contact
Brittany Moore
702-989-7693
ir@cleanspark.com
Media Contact
Eleni
Stylianou
702-989-7692
pr@cleanspark.com
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