Services will be delivered at Hut 8's flagship
Kelowna data centre over five
years
TORONTO, June 14,
2023 /CNW/ - Hut 8 Mining Corp. (Nasdaq: HUT) (TSX:
HUT) ("Hut 8" or the "Company"), innovation-focused high
performance computing infrastructure provider, has signed an
agreement with Interior Health, trusted health authority that
delivers public health, hospital care, long-term care,
community-based and primary health care services to people across
southern British Columbia, to
support their operations by delivering safe, secure, and reliable
colocation services from the company's flagship Kelowna data centre through 2028.
"We've been investing in our high-performance computing
business, as well as in our customers, and are proud to expand our
services further into the health sector," said Josh Rayner, VP of High Performance Computing at
Hut 8. "We are honoured to have been chosen as Interior Health's
trusted high performance computing infrastructure provider."
With five data centres located in B.C. and Ontario, Hut 8 delivers colocation, public and
private cloud, and managed services to government, private-sector,
and non-profit organizations across a variety of industries
including finance, gaming, technology, AI, and more.
"We look forward to partnering with Hut 8 as our new hosting
facility and infrastructure provider," said Mark Braidwood, executive director technology at
Interior Health. "In an increasingly interconnected world,
businesses are demanding more reliable, secure, and scalable
hosting options to ensure optimal performance and uninterrupted
operations."
About Hut 8
Hut 8 is one of North America's
largest innovation-focused digital asset miners, led by a team of
business-building technologists, bullish on bitcoin,
blockchain, Web 3.0 and bridging the nascent and traditional high
performance computing worlds. With two operational digital asset
mining sites located in Southern
Alberta, Hut 8 has one of the highest capacity rates in the
industry and one of the highest inventories of self-mined
Bitcoin of any digital asset miner or publicly-traded
company globally. With over 36,000 square feet of geo-diverse data
centre space and cloud capacity connected to electrical grids
powered by significant renewables and predominantly emission-free
sources, Hut 8 is revolutionizing conventional assets to create the
first hybrid data centre model that serves both the traditional
high performance compute (Web 2.0) and nascent digital asset
computing sectors, blockchain gaming, and Web 3.0. Hut 8 was the
first Canadian digital asset miner to list on the Nasdaq Global
Select Market. Through innovation, imagination, and passion, Hut 8
is helping to define the digital asset revolution to create value
and positive impacts for its shareholders and generations to
come.
About Interior Health
For over 20 years, Interior Health has been providing a range of
integrated health services for more than 843,000 people living in
the southern Interior of British
Columbia. Interior Health's programs and services span the
continuum of care including public health, community health
services, hospital care, and long-term care. Interior Health is
committed to working together for the health and well-being of all,
inspired by innovation and partnership. By working together with
the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Mental Health and
Addictions, as well as health organizations, communities and
leaders, we deliver services and solutions that make a positive
difference in the lives of everyone in the region – all 215,000
square kilometres located on the ancestral, unceded, and
traditional territories of the seven Interior Region First Nations:
Dãkelh Dené, St'át'imc, Syilx, Tŝilhqot'in, Ktunaxa, Secwépemc, and
Nlaka'pamux Nations. Interior Health also acknowledges Métis Nation
BC, the 15 Chartered Métis Communities within the Interior, and the
continued connection to this land.
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