Bitcoin (BTC) Miner CleanSpark (CLSK) Boosts AI Push
Bitcoin miner CleanSpark is expanding its business model beyond mining to enter the AI data center market.Summary
Bitcoin mining company CleanSpark (CLSK) announced a strategic pivot to join the Artificial Intelligence (AI) and High-Performance Computing (HPC) infrastructure rush, moving beyond its core business of bitcoin mining. To lead this expansion, the company hired industry veteran Jeffrey Thomas as Senior Vice President of AI Data Centers. Thomas has extensive experience, including leading Humain’s multi-billion-dollar AI data center initiative in Saudi Arabia. CleanSpark is already assessing giga-campus opportunities, identifying Georgia, specifically College Park, as a key region for potential site conversions to deliver high-value compute infrastructure to meet accelerating AI/HPC demand. The announcement coincided with a general rise in bitcoin miner stocks, with CleanSpark shares trading higher.
(Source：CoinDesk)