Soluna Holdings mentioned on Sept. 8 that it energized the ultimate 14 megawatts at Undertaking Kati 1 in Texas, finishing the 83 MW Bitcoin-hosting web site. The milestone lifts the corporate’s whole working capability to roughly 206 MW and closes the primary part of a deliberate 166 MW computing campus.
In its mission replace, Soluna additionally mentioned the Electrical Reliability Council of Texas conditionally categorised the whole Kati campus as Base Load in its Batch Zero interconnection course of. That designation consists of Kati 1 and the deliberate 83 MW Kati 2 enlargement.
Last 14 MW completes the primary part
Soluna mentioned each part of Kati 1 was delivered on schedule and that infrastructure prices remained on price range. Energization started in February after ERCOT approval. The 48 MW Kati 1A part was accomplished on April 1 and stuffed by Galaxy Digital, whereas the remaining 35 MW got here on-line in phases by the summer season.
The corporate describes Kati 1 as a Bitcoin-hosting facility powered by the Las Majadas wind mission in Willacy County. A co-mining settlement with Bitdeer introduced in August is now being applied, with gear being delivered and deployed, in line with the discharge.
ERCOT classification stays conditional
Batch Zero is ERCOT’s transitional evaluation for large-load interconnection requests. Soluna mentioned Base Load standing preserves interconnection capability primarily based on earlier research work and removes the mission from additional reliability analysis or megawatt allocation inside that research.
The classification will not be ultimate. ERCOT continues to be conducting verification and may take away an applicant that doesn’t reply its data requests. Soluna mentioned it’s collaborating in that course of and expects the total 166 MW campus to be confirmed, making the ultimate end result an organization expectation slightly than a accomplished regulatory willpower.
Kati 2 targets AI and high-performance computing
Kati 2 is deliberate as a second 83 MW part for synthetic intelligence and high-performance computing. Soluna says the campus is constructed behind the meter, colocating computing demand with wind era slightly than counting on new transmission infrastructure.
The event displays how operators are dividing energy capability between Bitcoin mining and AI workloads. BlockchainReporter just lately coated Hyperscale Information’s determination to cease Bitcoin mining at a Michigan web site earlier than a deliberate AI deployment. Soluna’s mannequin differs as a result of Kati 1 stays devoted to Bitcoin internet hosting whereas Kati 2 is the proposed AI-focused enlargement.
