THE MINING POD: Inside Galaxy Digital’s $13 Billion CoreWeave AI Deal w/ Brian Wright
Brian Wright from Galaxy Digital joins the pod to talk about Galaxy’s CoreWeave deal, Galaxy Mining’s HPC pivot, the Texas Grid, and more!
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Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Brian Wright, co-head of mining data centers at Galaxy Digital joins us to talk about their massive pivot from bitcoin mining to HPC at the Helios facility. We dive into the company’s CoreWeave partnership, scaling from 200MW to a potential 2.5GW, Texas grid dynamics, and transforming rural Dickens County's economy through data center development.
**Notes:**
• 393MW Core Weave deal worth $300M annually
• $11-13M per MW retrofit costs vs bitcoin mining
• 2.5GW potential campus capacity planned
• 800MW currently approved by Ercot
• 80% loan-to-cost financing structure
• 15-year guaranteed lease agreement signed
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