AI & infrastructure · Page 3
Mining news and original analysis with dated primary sources.
CleanSpark prices $2.276B secured notes for Sandersville buildout
The September 18 filing prices 7.875% senior secured notes due 2031 at 98.5% of principal. Closing is expected September 25 and remains subject to customary conditions.
Bitcoin Core fixes invalid defaults in its OpenRPC description
Merged PR #36297 changes two OpenRPC metadata entries so generated clients see schema-valid defaults. It is development-tree metadata work, not a new stable release or a change to mining consensus.
ERCOT asks 25 MW data-center projects for power, water and community data
The September 18 RFI covers interconnection-stage projects and asks about grid dependence, onsite generation, cooling, water, incentives and ownership. Mining-to-AI conversions should prepare auditable answers.
Bitcoin Core caps queued HTTP responses with 32 MiB backpressure
Merged PR #36174 pauses request processing when a connection’s send buffer grows beyond 32 MiB. Pool and node operators should understand the scope, deployment status and monitoring impact.
Bitcoin Core fixes pruning startup race for newly enabled indexes
Merged PR #36150 prevents a node from pruning blocks before a newly enabled index can synchronize. The change is in master and should not be confused with an installed release.
Sazmining uses contracted hashrate while physical ASIC miners ship
A September 15 case study explains the seven-day hashing promise. We distinguish virtual hashrate, physical delivery, contract costs and unproven retention claims.
Braiins Toolbox 26.09: automatic ASIC list refresh and CLI fixes
The September 14 release refreshes known miners automatically. We explain the difference between refreshing data and discovering devices, plus checks for farm operators.
CleanSpark proposes $2.227 billion of notes for Sandersville
The September 17 proposal is project financing, not a completed fundraising or an announcement of new operating hashrate.
HIVE’s BUZZ HPC teams up with ProCogia for sovereign AI
Dedicated Canadian GPU capacity and applied-AI services are a new commercial partnership, not an ASIC upgrade or disclosed new MW.
DMG shifts Christina Lake tenant-server timing toward 2027
How to read an AI conversion timeline without confusing planned capacity with operating revenue.
Bitdeer AI secures 65.1 MW for A202 in Johor; energization targeted for 2027
A ten-year data-center agreement covers A202 in Malaysia. The 65.1 MW refers to IT load; customer contracts and the $7 billion opportunity pipeline remain separate.
Bell outlines a 1.2 GW Saskatchewan AI hub with self-supplied power
A non-binding September 14 memorandum proposes up to 900 MW beyond the original 300 MW project. Customer contracts, permits and staged development remain conditions.