Hive Digital Technologies’ stock price popped on Monday, touching its highest point of the year after the Bitcoin miner unveiled a massive data center buildout in Ontario, Canada.
The company’s shares changed hands around $3.39, a 26% increase on the day, according to Yahoo Finance
Shortly before Monday’s opening bell, Hive’s stock price soared to $3.92, temporarily extending gains beyond 35% year-to-date. Hive reported that subsidiary Buzz High Performance Computing plans to construct an “AI Gigafactory” in the Greater Toronto Area, which will have roughly 320 megawatts (MW) of utility capacity—enough to power at least 200,000 average homes. The firm, which began its strategic pivot away from being a pure-play Bitcoin miner in 2022, indicated the facility for artificial intelligence is expected to be one of Canada’s largest.
The site will support fully vertically integrated AI supercomputers when fully built, Hive added. In a statement, Hive and Buzz Executive Chairman Frank Holmes portrayed the company’s latest move as a way to accelerate Canada’s tech boom, providing “sovereign AI infrastructure that turns Canadian intelligence into Canadian dominance.” Buzz expects its Ontario facility to come online in the second half of next year, which will likely necessitate 800 construction workers. In total, the buildout is expected to require roughly $3.5 billion Canadian dollars ($2.55 billion), eventually leading to the creation of highly skilled roles.