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energy·February 8, 2026·clsk

Cleanspark Targets AI Growth With 890MW Houston Capacity, Expands Texas and Georgia Sites

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Cashu Markets·2 min read
TL;DR
  • Secured up to 890 MW utility-grade power in Houston, expanding AI-ready sites in Texas and Georgia.
  • Acquired an extra 122-acre parcel at Sandersville, Georgia to advance AI tenancy and data center deployment.
  • Uses bitcoin-mining cash flow to fund longer-duration AI infrastructure, pursuing multi-stream monetization of land and power.

Cleanspark Targets AI Growth with Utility-Scale Power and Sites

Cleanspark expands its AI-ready footprint after securing up to 890 megawatts of high-quality utility potential capacity in the Houston region and enlarging site holdings in Texas and Georgia, moves that company executives say position it to convert mining cash flow into longer-duration AI infrastructure. The company also acquires an additional 122-acre parcel at its Sandersville, Georgia site as it advances toward AI tenancy, broadening options for data center deployment and colocation.

Utility-Grade Power and AI-Ready Campuses Become Strategic Core

The Houston capacity win anchors Cleanspark’s strategy to secure scarce, utility-grade power as a foundation for both bitcoin mining and emerging AI workloads. By building a portfolio of AI-ready sites with reliable transmission and substations, the company aims to attract AI tenants that require large contiguous parcels and stable, high-capacity power. Management frames the expansion as converting land and contracted power into long-term, diversified infrastructure value rather than a single business line.

Cleanspark emphasizes a multi-stream infrastructure model where bitcoin mining generates near-term cash flow to fund longer-duration AI investments and digital asset management activities. Executives say the approach provides flexibility to allocate capital to the highest-return opportunities across cycles, using monetization of AI infrastructure over time and digital asset strategies to optimize liquidity and capital efficiency. The Sandersville acreage and other site upgrades are presented as steps toward tenancy readiness and scalable deployment.

Implications for operations include faster path to hosting AI customers and the ability to use existing mining operations as a financial engine while AI facilities come online. The company positions the combined platform to monetize scarce electric capacity and land through a mix of self-operated mining, hosted AI, and third-party services, aiming to capture value across a wider range of digital infrastructure markets.

Financial snapshot

Cleanspark posts quarterly revenue of $181.2 million, an 11.6% rise from $162.3 million a year earlier, while recording a net loss of $378.7 million and an Adjusted EBITDA loss of $295.4 million, compared with positive Adjusted EBITDA in the prior-year quarter.

Balance sheet highlights

The company reports working capital of $1.3 billion, cash of $458.1 million and bitcoin holdings valued at $1.0 billion. Total assets are $3.3 billion, including $867.4 million in mining assets, against total liabilities of $1.9 billion and stockholders’ equity of $1.4 billion.