Riot Platforms 以 9,250 萬美元收購了位於肯塔基州的比特幣挖礦競爭對手 Block Mining

此次策略採購旨在將 Riot 的營運能力提高 16 exahashes 每秒 (EH/s)。

Bitcoin mining firm Riot Platforms (NASDAQ:RIOT) announced the acquisition of Block Mining, a Kentucky-based rival, for $92.5 million to boost its operational capacity by 16 exahashes per second (EH/s).

比特幣挖礦公司 Riot Platforms（NASDAQ：RIOT）宣布以 9,250 萬美元收購位於肯塔基州的競爭對手 Block Mining，以將其營運能力提高 16 exahashes/s（EH/s）。

The acquisition deal includes an $18.5 million cash payment and $74 million in Riot common stock, the company said in a press release on Monday. The transaction will immediately increase Riot’s self-mining hashrate by 1 EH/s, ramping up to 16 EH/s by 2025-end.

該公司在周一的新聞稿中表示，此次收購交易包括 1,850 萬美元的現金支付和 7,400 萬美元的 Riot 普通股。該交易將立即將 Riot 的自挖礦算力提高 1 EH/s，到 2025 年底將增至 16 EH/s。

“With a combined 60 MW of existing developed capacity and a pipeline to rapidly scale to over 300 MW, this acquisition expands our operations and further enhances our path towards our growth target of 100 EH/s,” said Jason Les, CEO of Riot Platforms.

Riot Platforms 執行長傑森·萊斯(Jason Les) 表示：「現有已開發產能總計60 兆瓦，並有可快速擴展至300 兆瓦以上的管道，此次收購擴大了我們的業務，並進一步增強了我們實現100 EH/s 成長目標的道路。

Riot Platforms to also invest an additional $32.5 million through 2025 to boost the power capacity of Block Mining’s two operational sites in Kentucky. The company aims to scale up the infrastructure to support 110 MW for self-mining operations by 2024-end.

Riot Platforms 也將在 2025 年之前追加投資 3,250 萬美元，以提高 Block Mining 位於肯塔基州的兩個營運基地的電力容量。該公司的目標是到 2024 年底擴大基礎設施規模，以支援 110 兆瓦的自採礦作業。

Riot shares slid about 5.3% to trade at $11.59 on last check, according to Google Finance. The acquisition also comes after Riot Platforms offered $950 million to acquire another rival, Bitfarms. But the deal collapsed as Riot cited difficulties in engaging with the Bitfarms board and later called for a special shareholder meeting to discuss governance at the Toronto-based firm.

根據Google財經的數據，Riot 股價下跌約 5.3%，至 11.59 美元。這項收購也是在 Riot Platforms 出價 9.5 億美元收購另一個競爭對手 Bitfarms 之後進行的。但由於 Riot 稱與 Bitfarms 董事會接觸存在困難，並隨後呼籲召開特別股東大會來討論這家總部位於多倫多的公司的治理問題，因此該交易失敗了。