ERCOT Grants Soluna Green Light to Energize Project Dorothy Data Center
April 20 2023 - 08:00AM
Business Wire
Soluna Holdings, Inc. (“SHI” or the “Company”), (NASDAQ: SLNH),
the parent company of Soluna Computing, Inc. (“SCI”), a developer
of green data centers for Bitcoin mining and other intensive
computing, announced today it has obtained final approval from
ERCOT to energize Project Dorothy, its flagship data center in
Texas, effective immediately.
The approval of the project to energize is the final regulatory
step for Soluna to energize its 50 MW Bitcoin mining data center.
The data center is connected to a 150 MW wind farm and provides a
solution to the power plant’s curtailment challenges. The project
will be ramped up in phases, initially with 25 MW, Project Dorothy
1A, to be followed by 25 MW at Project Dorothy 1B.
Michael Toporek, CEO of Soluna Holdings, stated, “Energizing
Project Dorothy allows us to finally demonstrate to investors the
financial results that can be achieved by using ultra low cost,
behind the meter, curtailed power co-located at a wind farm. The
team has worked hard to get us here and investors have been
patient.” He added, “As we ramp the facility we expect investor
patience to be rewarded as this facility becomes the economic
template the company will use to grow in a capital-efficient
fashion. This could include other sites the company has been
developing as well as an additional 50 MW at Project Dorothy.”
Project Dorothy is anticipated to be one of the lowest-cost
facilities of its kind in North America, using wasted energy from
the neighboring wind farm for its Bitcoin mining processes. When
fully energized the data center will source much of its energy from
the wind farm and monetize a substantial amount of the curtailment
experienced by the wind farm. The flexible design of the data
center will also help the grid absorb more renewable energy as it
transitions to more green power plants. The Company provides
Curtailment Assessments to leading independent power producers and
has a growing pipeline of green data center projects in the United
States.
The company’s Project Dorothy facility is named after Dorothy
Vaughan, an African American mathematician and “human computer” who
worked for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics and NASA
in 1939. Learn more about the design of this facility here.
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About Soluna Holdings, Inc (SLNH)
Soluna Holdings, Inc. is the leading developer of green data
centers that convert excess renewable energy into global computing
resources. Soluna builds modular, scalable data centers for
computing intensive, batchable applications such as Bitcoin mining,
AI, and machine learning. Soluna provides a cost-effective
alternative to battery storage or transmission lines. Soluna uses
technology and intentional design to solve complex, real-world
challenges. Up to 30% of the power of renewable energy projects can
go to waste. Soluna’s data centers enable clean electricity asset
owners to ‘Sell. Every. Megawatt.’
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