Shocking West Texas Bitcoin Blitz! Canaan’s Eco‑Mogul Move Pounces With Gigawatt Giggles!

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Once again, Canaan has taken its poker face to the steamy clutches of American power, sweetening the pot with a touch of AI‑HPC sorcery and the promise of a sprawling energy colossus.

In a truly dramatic act, the firm has bought out Cipher Mining’s roughly half‑shard of a joint venture that commands three Bitcoin blasting sites in the sun‑baked West Texas. The coincident acquisition is a slick move-think of a splendid dinner party where you’re added to the menu on the fly, and the chef whispers, “Let’s invite a few more guests to keep the conversation lively.” Likewise, Canaan is extending its dominion over North American electricity, a domain that’s already as crowded as a Rose Bowl crowd on a Thursday night. The agenda now leans toward energy‑linked infrastructure and AI‑focussed facilities, a commission of progress that even the most stoic investors can’t help but chuckle at.

ABC Projects Partnership Boosts U.S. Mining Infrastructure

The pact hands Canaan a 49% slice of ABC Projects-the triad of Alborz LLC, Bear LLC, and Chief Mountain LLC. WindHQ, which retains the remaining 51%, remains the stoic operating partner. The mosaic of sites churns out a combined 120 megawatts of electricity and a staggering 4.4 exahashes per second of active hashrate. In plain parlance, that’s power for your lighting and a duke of silver for your chewing gum machine.

Key details of the handshake include:

  • Acquisition of a 49% stake from Cipher Mining.
  • 120 MW total power capacity across three sites.
  • About 4.4 EH/s of active hashrate.
  • WindHQ maintaining a 51% controlling interest.

Nangeng Zhang, the chief wizard behind the curtain, described the deal as a disciplined expansion of Canaan’s digital asset footprint across the United States. He cited the low‑cost Texas electricity as the perfect match for the firm’s proprietary hardware, and, not to be a last-minute addition, welcomed Cipher as a shareholder whose governance standards resonated. Zach was also halfway falling in love with the idea that all of them agreed on how to stew a good business pot.

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The consideration for the deal swelled to about $39.75 million. In return, Canaan issued roughly 806 million Class A ordinary shares to Cipher-each one priced at $0.7394 per ADS-subjected to a six‑month lock‑up period. That’s a bit like handing out free concert tickets to a crowd that’s still not quite certain they’ll stay for the encore.

Further along the road, Canaan bought 6,840 mining rigs from Cipher. These machines originally found their way to Cipher in July 2025 and had been humming at the Black Pearl site. The location is now being turned into an AI and high‑performance computing data centre, a refurbishment comparable to turning a stone quarry into a luxury spa.

  • Shift from an asset‑light power model to direct U.S. energy development.
  • Blending Bitcoin mining with AI and high‑performance computing sites.
  • Building a project pipeline for massive power demand by year’s end.
  • Ambition to expand to gigawatt‑scale capacity.

Financial results support the grand scheme. Fourth‑quarter revenue hit $196 million, a rise of 121% year over year-an impressive headline that could have been the subject of a British dinner conversation. Yet, despite this rise, Nasdaq‑listed shares dropped 5.71% on Monday, per Yahoo Finance. The shares have trended down 44% year‑to‑date, proving that the market’s appetite for Bitcoin mining pumps can be as unpredictable as a pastry shop’s dropped paper plates.

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2026-02-24 16:20