CleanSpark Acquires Land and Power in Texas for AI Data Center Push Beyond Bitcoin
Bitcoin mining giant CleanSpark has acquired rights to 271 acres of land in Austin County, Texas, along with 285 megawatts of power supply agreements in its latest pivot to building HPC and AI data center infrastructure.
The company said on Wednesday that the transactions will support the development of a next-generation data center campus designed to serve AI, cloud, and enterprise workloads, underscoring CleanSpark’s diversification beyond Bitcoin mining.
Located between Houston and Austin, the site sits on a regional fiber backbone with access to multiple high-capacity natural gas pipelines that CleanSpark said could enable large-scale behind-the-meter generation. The company expects to energize over 200 MW in the first half of 2027, with substation construction already underway and long lead-time equipment secured.
The Austin County site represents CleanSpark’s first major entry into Texas and its most concrete move into AI-focused digital infrastructure. The company touted the move as part of a long-term “infrastructure-first” strategy to leverage its vertically integrated capabilities developed through large-scale Bitcoin mining.
The project follows the company’s appointment earlier this month of Jeffrey Thomas as senior vice president of AI data centers—a move signaling CleanSpark’s formal pivot from a pure-play Bitcoin miner to a broader digital infrastructure provider.
Thomas, a veteran executive who previously led Saudi Arabia’s multi-billion-dollar AI data center initiative at Humain, is overseeing CleanSpark’s push into developing and operating AI-focused facilities. He joins as the company evaluates opportunities to convert or expand portions of its existing Bitcoin mining portfolio into HPC capacity, with early targets identified in Georgia.
CleanSpark said it intends to move immediately into design and site development, with phased construction enabling scalable deployment for AI workloads. The company is also reviewing additional projects in the region as part of its broader diversification plan.
