Cipher Mining Inc.
Information Technology · IT Services
4B with ~5% equity stake) and a separate ~300MW $AMZN AWS 15-yr deal. The HPC leg converts hash-rate optionality into contracted infrastructure revenue, which is the entire equity re-rating thesis vs pure-miner comps ($MARA, $RIOT, $CLSK). Strategic review headlines have layered an M&A premium on top.
(1) Barber Lake Fluidstack + AWS contracts de-risk multi-billion contracted revenue - closest pure-play parallel to $CRWV/$IREN colo arc; (2) $GOOGL equity + lease backstop is institutional validation of site quality; (3) BTC self-mining cash flow funds HPC capex without dilution at current hash prices; (4) Texas grid interconnect + secured power capacity is the actual scarce asset, not the GPUs; (5) sale/JV process introduces takeout optionality from hyperscaler or infra-fund bidders.
(1) HPC pivot execution risk - large-scale lease revenue ramps 2026-2027, gap year on the model; (2) BTC price + hash-price sensitivity remains the near-term cash-flow driver; (3) sale process can fail and unwind the M&A premium; (4) hyperscaler-grade SLA is a step-change from BTC uptime standards - operational learning curve; (5) Fluidstack counterparty quality is the entire backstop story (Google guarantee structure matters in stress).
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