Bitfarms Enters into a Binding LOI with HIVE Digital Technologies for the Sale of its Yguazu, Paraguay Site
28 Enero 2025 - 12:00AM
Bitfarms Ltd. (NASDAQ/TSX: BITF), a global vertically integrated
Bitcoin data center company, today announced that it has entered
into a binding Letter of Intent (“LOI”) to sell its 200 MW site in
Yguazu, Paraguay to HIVE Digital Technologies, Ltd (“HIVE”). The
transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2025.
Bitfarms CEO Ben Gagnon stated, “We are pleased
to announce the sale of our Yguazu site to HIVE as we continue to
streamline our operations and rebalance towards North America.
Bitfarms will be reinvesting the capital from this sale towards its
1 GW growth pipeline in the U.S. for BTC and HPC/AI infrastructure
which marks a significant milestone in our transition from an
international Bitcoin miner to a North American energy and compute
infrastructure company.”
“We remain fully committed to our current
operations in Latin America, with three sites totaling 144 MW that
all benefit from long-term power contracts, competitive pricing and
geographical diversification. This shift towards U.S.-based assets
is in-line with our strategy to diversify beyond Bitcoin mining and
capitalize on the significant growth opportunities in HPC/AI.”
TermsUnder the terms of the
binding LOI, HIVE will purchase from Bitfarms its 100% ownership
stake of its Yguazu, Paraguay Bitcoin mining site. The proposed
transaction values the completed site at approximately $85 million,
inclusive of approximately $19 million of power deposits with ANDE
and the assumption of remaining capital obligations.
Bitfarms to receive:
- $25 million upon closing of this transaction
- $31 million over 6 months following closing
- $19 million as reimbursement for power deposits made to ANDE by
Bitfarms
- Approximately $10 million in remaining capital obligations
Transaction Benefits
- Significantly reduces Bitfarms’ anticipated 2025 capital
requirements.
- Rebalances portfolio to ~80% North American and 20%
International by YE 2025, when coupled with our acquisition of
Stronghold Digital Mining, which is expected to close in the next
couple of months.
- Reduces estimated average power costs by ~10%.
- Does not impact miner deployment schedule. Reduces YE 2025 MW
capacity from 955 MW to 755 MW.
About Bitfarms Ltd.
Founded in 2017, Bitfarms is a global vertically
integrated Bitcoin data center company that contributes its
computational power to one or more mining pools from which it
receives payment in Bitcoin. Bitfarms develops, owns, and operates
vertically integrated mining facilities with in-house management
and company-owned electrical engineering, installation service, and
multiple onsite technical repair centers. The Company’s proprietary
data analytics system delivers best-in-class operational
performance and uptime.
Bitfarms currently has 12 operating Bitcoin data
centers and two under development, as well as hosting agreements
with two data centers, in four countries: Canada, the United
States, Paraguay, and Argentina. Powered predominantly by
environmentally friendly hydro-electric and long-term power
contracts, Bitfarms is committed to using sustainable and often
underutilized energy infrastructure.
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Glossary of Terms
- Y/Y or M/M= year over year or month over month
- EH or EH/s = Exahash or exahash per second
- MW or MWh = Megawatts or megawatt hour
- HPC/AI = High Performance Computing / Artificial
Intelligence
Forward-Looking Statements
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“forward-looking information” and “forward-looking statements”
(collectively, “forward-looking information”) that are based on
expectations, estimates and projections as at the date of this news
release and are covered by safe harbors under Canadian and United
States securities laws. The statements and information in this
release regarding the sale of the Yguazu, Paraguay Site, the merits
of the rebalancing operations to North America, the reinvestment of
the proceeds of the sale for growth, the North American energy and
compute infrastructure strategy, and other statements regarding
future growth, plans and objectives of the Company are
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assumptions and estimates of management of the Company at the time
they were made, and involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties
and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance,
or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any
future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by
such forward-looking information. Such factors include, among
others, risks relating to: an inability to complete the sale of the
Yguazu, Paraguay Site on the terms as announced or at all; the
reinvestment of the proceeds of the sale may not occur on an
economic basis; the anticipated benefits of the rebalancing of
operations to North America and the North American energy and
compute infrastructure strategy may not be realized; expansion may
not materialize as currently anticipated, or at all; the digital
currency market; the ability to successfully mine Bitcoin; revenue
may not increase as currently anticipated, or at all; it may not be
possible to profitably liquidate the current Bitcoin inventory, or
at all; a decline in Bitcoin prices may have a significant negative
impact on operations; an increase in network difficulty may have a
significant negative impact on operations; the volatility of
Bitcoin prices; the anticipated growth and sustainability of
hydroelectricity for the purposes of Bitcoin mining in the
applicable jurisdictions; the inability to maintain reliable and
economical sources of power for the Company to operate Bitcoin
mining assets; the risks of an increase in the Company’s
electricity costs, cost of natural gas, changes in currency
exchange rates, energy curtailment or regulatory changes in the
energy regimes in the jurisdictions in which the Company operates
and the adverse impact on the Company’s profitability; the ability
to complete current and future financings; the risk that a material
weakness in internal control over financial reporting could result
in a misstatement of the Company’s financial position that may lead
to a material misstatement of the annual or interim consolidated
financial statements if not prevented or detected on a timely
basis; any regulations or laws that will prevent Bitfarms from
operating its business; historical prices of Bitcoin and the
ability to mine Bitcoin that will be consistent with historical
prices; and the adoption or expansion of any regulation or law that
will prevent Bitfarms from operating its business, or make it more
costly to do so. For further information concerning these and other
risks and uncertainties, refer to the Company’s filings on
www.sedarplus.ca (which are also available on the website of the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission at www.sec.gov), including
the restated MD&A for the year-ended December 31, 2023, filed
on December 9, 2024. Although the Company has attempted to identify
important factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements,
there may be other factors that cause results not to be as
anticipated, estimated or intended, including factors that are
currently unknown to or deemed immaterial by the Company. There can
be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate as
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anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not
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Investor Relations
Contacts:
Tracy KrummeSVP, Head of IR & Corp. Comms.+1
786-671-5638tkrumme@bitfarms.com
Media Contacts:
Caroline Brady BakerDirector,
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