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Hut 8 Texas Facility Secured in Anthropic's $35 Billion AI Compute Deal
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Hut 8’s Texas facility is part of Anthropic’s $35 billion AI computing deal with Lambda, an Nvidia subsidiary. The Beacon Point site in New Pecos County, Texas, is leased by Nvidia and will provide computing power using Nvidia chips. Hut 8 has signed two 15-year leases for 704 MW of IT capacity, valued at $19.6 billion. The site is expected to generate $1.31 billion annually once operational. This AI and crypto news underscores cross-sector growth. New token listings remain a key focus for exchanges.
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