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Southern Telecom secures largest fiber deal in company history with hyperscale customer
Southern Telecom, a subsidiary of Southern Company, announced the signing of its largest fiber contract to date, a 300-mile fiber infrastructure project in Alabama and Georgia. The project connects a major data center in Montgomery, Alabama, to Birmingham and Atlanta, Georgia, with the deployment of high fiber count cables to enhance network connectivity. The deal underscores Southern Telecom’s commitment to expanding its high-quality fiber network across the Southeast, which currently spans nearly 10,000 route miles across Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi.
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Hut 8 Schedules First Quarter 2025 Earnings Release and Conference Call
Hut 8 Corp., an energy infrastructure platform specializing in power, digital infrastructure, and compute, has scheduled its first quarter 2025 earnings release for May 8, 2025, before market opening. The Company will conduct a conference call at 8:30 a.m. ET on the same day to discuss its financial results. Hut 8 manages 1,020 megawatts of energy capacity across multiple sites in the U.S. and Canada, including Bitcoin mining and high-performance computing operations.
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Hut 8 Operations Update for March 2025
Hut 8 Corp., an energy infrastructure platform, reported a 102% increase in deployed hashrate from 4.6 EH/s in February to 9.3 EH/s at the end of March 2025. The company also improved fleet efficiency by 31%, from 29.3 J/TH to 20.1 J/TH. A significant milestone was the launch of American Bitcoin, a subsidiary in partnership with Eric Trump. Hut 8 will now provide quarterly updates instead of monthly.
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MARA Announces Bitcoin Production and Mining Operation Updates for March 2025
MARA Holdings, Inc., based in Fort Lauderdale, FL, reported a 17% month-over-month increase in bitcoin production for March 2025. The company mined a total of 242 blocks, achieving a new record with 829 BTC produced. MARAPool’s energized hashrate grew by 1% from February, and they expect the completion of a 40-megawatt data center in Ohio by the end of April 2025. This aligns with their focus on expanding their footprint in energy generation while continuing to dominate bitcoin mining.
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Nation’s Largest Gas-Fired Plant Planned at Former Pennsylvania Coal Plant Site
Homer City Redevelopment (HCR) and Kiewit Power Constructors have announced the redevelopment of the former Homer City Generating Station site into a $10 billion natural gas-fired facility. This campus is expected to have a power generation capacity of 4.5 GW, making it the largest gas-fired power station in the U.S. Construction at the site is expected to start in 2025. The project aims to utilize natural gas from the Marcellus Shale and is part of Pennsylvania’s efforts to phase out coal-fired power by 2028.
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Pennsylvania Capital-Star: Pa. Public Utility Commission Sets Hearing on AI Data Centers’ Impacts on Electricity
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) announced a hearing on April 24, 2025, to evaluate the impact of AI data centers on the state’s electricity infrastructure and economy. PUC Chairperson Stephen DeFrank emphasized the need to protect consumers while facilitating economic growth and technological advancement. The commission will investigate two major data center projects: Constellation Energy’s $1.6 billion restart of its nuclear power plant at Three Mile Island to provide carbon-free electricity for Microsoft, and Amazon Web Services’ $650 million data center purchase near a nuclear plant that will consume energy equivalent to 900,000 homes.
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How utilities can accelerate microgrid deployment
The article discusses the expected surge in US electricity demand, which is forecasted to grow by an average of 3% per year over the next five years. Utilities are adopting a multifaceted approach to meet this demand, including the deployment of microgrids. Duke Energy has implemented a solar-powered microgrid in Hot Springs, NC, to enhance reliability in remote areas. Meanwhile, Xcel Energy plans to establish a network of solar-powered energy storage hubs to improve reliability and support clean energy development.
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Hut 8 Operations Update for February 2025
US-based Hut 8 Corp. secured a 592-acre site in Louisiana for its new River Bend campus, which will house a 300-megawatt utility-scale power asset. The company is upgrading its ASIC fleet with new miners in place, expecting improvements in their hashrate and efficiency metrics. They aim to have 10.3 EH/s target for hashrate and 20.5 J/TH for fleet efficiency as they also progress on their Vega development set for Q2 energization.
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MARA Announces Bitcoin Production and Mining Operation Updates for February 2025
US-based MARA Holdings, Inc. announced updates on its bitcoin production and mining operations for February 2025. The company’s bitcoin production per day increased by 4% compared to January, despite a decrease in blocks won and overall bitcoin production of 6%. MARA also reported the construction progress on a 40-megawatt data center in Ohio, which aims to enhance its energy efficiency and bitcoin mining capacity. The company holds a total of 46,374 BTC as of the end of February 2025 and did not sell any BTC during this period.
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Hut 8 Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Results
US-based Hut 8 Corp. reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2024, marking a net income of $331.4 million on revenues of $162.4 million. The company has optimized its operations and secured a 12,300 megawatt development pipeline, with 2,800 megawatts under exclusivity as of December 31, 2024. They successfully reduced energy costs per megawatt-hour by 30% compared to the previous year’s fourth quarter, demonstrating a commitment to improving operational efficiency in energy-intensive industries.