CleanSpark secures 600 MW Texas site as pivot to "AI factory" scaling intensifies

CleanSpark (NASDAQ:CLSK), the bitcoin miner that has rapidly pivoted into a diversified digital infrastructure player, announced Wednesday it has entered a definitive agreement to acquire 447 acres in Brazoria County, Texas.

The acquisition, coupled with a long-term transmission extension, secures an initial 300 megawatts (MW) of demand load with the potential to scale to 600 MW, marking the company's largest leap yet into the artificial intelligence and high-performance computing (HPC) space.

The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2026, pending utility and property approvals.

This latest move establishes a massive regional hub in the ERCOT Houston-area market, bringing CleanSpark’s aggregate potential utility capacity in the region to more than 890 MW.

The company is positioning this clustered capacity to serve "AI-native" customers who require large, multi-campus deployments that are increasingly difficult to power due to national grid constraints.

The Brazoria County site follows CleanSpark’s October 2025 acquisition of 271 acres in Austin County and a strategic partnership with immersion-cooling specialist Submer.

By leveraging its "energy DNA" from the bitcoin mining sector, CleanSpark is attempting to transform into a provider of "AI factories"—high-density data centers capable of supporting the massive power requirements of generative AI large language models.