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TeraWulf is reportedly planning $3 billion in funding through Morgan Stanley with Google’s backstop as the mining firm pivots to AI.

Google has acquired a 5.4% stake in Bitcoin miner Cipher Mining by backstopping $1.4 billion of Fluidstack’s obligations in a $3 billion, 10-year AI data center deal.

Cipher, Terawulf, Iris Energy, Hive and Bitfarms rallied sharply in September, outpacing Bitcoin despite tightening mining economics and weaker onchain activity.

TeraWulf’s chief strategy officer, Kerri Langlais, said Google has become its largest shareholder, providing “powerful validation” from a leading tech giant.

While crypto chases AI token hype, smart money invests in compute infrastructure. Like the gold rush, those who own the rails — not the miners — get rich.

The Bitcoin miner’s pivot into AI infrastructure hosting includes a decade-long colocation agreement with Fluidstack, backed by Alphabet’s Google.

MARA Holding’s expansion into AI and high-performance computing is expected to close in Q4, and comes amid a steep rise in Bitcoin mining difficulty.

OpenAI expands Stargate with Oracle to surpass 5 GW of AI power, while Elon Musk outlines plans for xAI to deploy 50 million H100-scale units in 5 years.

Poseidon secures $15 million led by a16z Crypto to build a decentralized, IP-cleared data pipeline for AI training.

Ignoring the reduced customer acquisition costs made possible by AI places businesses at a significant disadvantage, O'Leary said.

CoreWeave acquires Bitcoin mining giant Core Scientific for $9 billion in an all-stock deal, boosting its data center capacity for AI and high-performance computing.

Amazon is investing over $13 billion in expanding AI and cloud infrastructure in Australia, including new solar farms and data centers nationwide.

The new data compression layer may address centralization risks in the crypto industry, such as the recent outage by Amazon Web Services.

The bill has yet to pass in the US Senate but comes as Bitcoin miners are increasingly foraying into servicing AI models.

One of three newly appointed directors to the board includes Jaime Leverton, the former CEO of Hut 8.