Cipher Mining Lands Google Deal, MicroBT Opens U.S. Shop, IREN Doubles GPU Fleet

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Welcome back to The Mining Pod! On today’s round up, we dive deep into Cipher Mining’s $3 billion AI hosting deal with Fluid Stack, backed by Google’s $1.4 billion guarantee. And as hashrate surges to 1,100 EH/s, miners are struggling with sub-$50 hash prices. Plus MicroBT has opened a U.S. distribution hub, and IREN’s aggressive GPU expansion.

Notes:

• Cipher signed $3B AI deal with Fluid Stack

• Google backstopping $1.4B of obligations  

• Hash price under $50/PH/day (6mo low)

• Network hash rate at 1,100 EH/s

• IREN doubled GPU fleet to 23K units, raises Q1-2026 ARR to $500M

• MicroBT opens 10K unit/month US shop

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