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# Bitcoin miners ramp up focus on AI infrastructure

Public Bitcoin miners are increasingly turning energy capacity and data centers into infrastructure for artificial intelligence and high-performance computing (HPC). The trend is strengthening amid rising capital expenditures in the AI sector and demand for sites with access to electricity.

According to Reuters, on June 15 Nvidia placed $25 billion worth of bonds with demand of about $85 billion. The deal is not directly related to financing data centers, but it shows the scale of investor interest in infrastructure around AI, where the company’s graphics processors remain key equipment.

Nvidia returns to the debt market

The issuance was Nvidia’s first corporate debt deal since 2021. The company initially planned to raise about $20 billion, but increased the amount on the back of strong demand.

The offering was split into seven tranches with maturities in 2028, 2029, 2031, 2033, 2036, 2046, and 2056. Coupon rates range from 4.25% for the two-year bonds to 5.625% for the bonds maturing in 2056.

Nvidia will use the proceeds for general corporate purposes, including repaying and refinancing existing bonds. The underwriters were Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, and Morgan Stanley.

According to a Reuters source, the deal is needed more to improve liquidity and establish a credit benchmark than to finance capital expenditures. Unlike Meta and Alphabet, Nvidia is not building large data centers, but it supplies key equipment for them.

As of April 26, 2026, Nvidia had $13.237 billion in cash and cash equivalents. Taking into account marketable debt securities, the company’s liquid position was $50.3 billion, according to the quarterly report.

Miners sell access to energy

Demand for AI infrastructure is changing the economics for mining companies. For computing buyers, shortages are not only of graphics processors, but also of land, grid connections, cooling, and ready-made data centers. These assets are already owned by major miners.

In May, Hut 8 signed a 15-year lease for 352 MW of IT capacity at the Beacon Point campus in Texas. The base cost of the contract was $9.8 billion, and with all extension options it could reach $25.1 billion. The campus is designed for 1 GW of connected capacity. According to the company, the first phase will use Nvidia DSX architecture for gigawatt-scale AI infrastructure.

In August 2025, TeraWulf signed two 10-year agreements with AI cloud platform Fluidstack for more than 200 MW of IT load. The contracts are expected to generate about $3.7 billion in revenue over the base term and up to $8.7 billion with extension options. In May 2026, the miner bought a site in Eastern Kentucky to develop HPC infrastructure with a capacity potential of more than 1 GW.

In February, CleanSpark said it is developing a multi-gigawatt AI infrastructure platform and gained access to capacity of up to 890 MW in the Houston area. The company also expanded its portfolio of sites in Texas and Georgia suitable for AI data centers.

“We are advancing negotiations with data center tenants in parallel with efforts to secure sites and electricity that support sustained demand from AI and high-performance computing,” said CleanSpark CEO Matt Schultz.

Why miners are shifting into HPC

The shift of miners toward AI is driven not only by rising demand for computing. After the halving and the increase in mining difficulty, Bitcoin mining margins fell, so companies are looking for more stable sources of cash flow.

For AI clients, mining companies are attractive as owners of energy and data center infrastructure. But the transition to HPC requires additional investment: data centers for graphics processors differ from mining sites in terms of reliability, cooling, networks, and customer service.

This means not every mining site can be quickly retrofitted for AI workloads. However, companies with large energy capacity and access to capital gain the opportunity to diversify their business beyond Bitcoin mining.

Recall that in November 2025, seven of the 10 largest publicly traded miners by hash rate reported income from AI or HPC activities.

In May 2026, Nvidia’s report pushed mining stocks higher. The main driver was confirmation of sustained demand for AI infrastructure.