Майнинговая компания Bitfarms получила кредит на сумму до $300 млн от Macquarie

cryptonews.ruPubblicato 2024-06-03Pubblicato ultima volta 2025-04-03

Bitfarms, международная компания компьютерной инфраструктуры, известная своими предприятиями по майнингу биткоинов, заключила кредитное соглашение на сумму 300 млн долларов с Macquarie Group для финансирования разработки своих центров обработки данных высокопроизводительных вычислений (HPC).

Согласно объявлению от 2 апреля, частная кредитная линия Macquarie предоставит 50 млн долларов в качестве первоначального финансирования проекта центра обработки данных Panther Creek компании Bitfarms в Пенсильвании.

Оставшиеся 250 млн долларов будут выданы после того, как Bitfarms достигнет «определенных этапов развития на своем объекте Panther Creek», говорится в объявлении.

После разработки Panther Creek будет иметь мощность почти 500 мегаватт, работающую от нескольких источников энергии.

«Panther Creek будет востребован арендаторами HPC после начала строительства проекта», — сказал Джошуа Стивенс, заместитель директора Macquarie Group.

Источник: Bitfarms

Проект реализуется в то время, когда приложения ИИ подпитывают растущий спрос на новые источники вычислительной мощности и емкости для хранения данных. Майнеры биткойнов спешат заполнить пустоту — и обеспечить себе надежные источники дохода в условиях после халвинга.

Однако в своем недавнем квартальном отчете Bitfarms раскрыла, что она продолжает сталкиваться с «нормативными проблемами при расширении своих энергетических мощностей», а сроки одобрения варьируются от 12 до 36 месяцев.

В то же время Bitfarms ожидает, что ее приобретение Stronghold Digital Mining за 125 миллионов долларов выполнит большую часть тяжелой работы по предоставлению дополнительных мощностей, сообщил инвесторам генеральный директор Бен Ганьон.

Майнеры ходлят на фоне давления на отрасль

Bitfarms добыла 654 биткоина в последнем квартале 2024 года при средней полной стоимости $60,800.

Как и другие майнеры, Bitfarms решила сохранить значительную часть добытых биткоинов. Данные отрасли показывают, что в настоящее время на балансе компании находится 1,152 BTC, что ставит ее в один ряд с 25 крупнейшими инвесторами в публично торгуемые биткоины.

Такие майнеры, как Hive Digital, выбрали долгосрочную стратегию хранения или «hodl» биткоинов, чтобы укрепить свой баланс. Биткоин-активы компании выросли до 2,620 BTC.

Тем временем MARA Holdings накопила 46,374 BTC и объявила о планах размещения акций на $2 млрд для приобретения большего количества биткоинов.

Источник: Фрэнк Холмс.

Как и Bitfarms, Hive Digital, Core Scientific, Hut8 и Bit Digital также сделали стратегический поворот в сторону ИИ и HPC.

Руководители Hive ранее сообщили, что компания перепрофилировала часть своих графических процессоров Nvidia для таких задач. Они заявили, что приложения ИИ могут приносить более 2 долларов в час дохода по сравнению с всего лишь 0,12 доллара в час для майнинга криптовалют.

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