Soluna Holdings has signed a fourth capacity expansion agreement with bitcoin mining infrastructure provider Blockware, adding 3.3 megawatts to the Dorothy 1B project in West Texas. The latest deal lifts Blockware’s total deployed capacity across Soluna-operated sites to more than 17 MW and makes Blockware the first signed customer for Dorothy 1B, a new facility tied to wind-powered generation.
The announcement highlights Soluna’s ongoing effort to build data center infrastructure around direct access to renewable energy. Dorothy 1B is described as a 25 MW facility located next to the Briscoe wind farm in West Texas. By securing a first customer for the site, Soluna is moving from development into active commercial utilization while expanding a relationship that has already grown through several previous agreements with Blockware.
Direct renewable power is central to the model
According to the company, Soluna acquired the Briscoe wind farm in a $53 million transaction, giving it direct control over the energy source connected to the broader Dorothy campus. That structure is important to Soluna’s operating strategy: electricity generated by the wind farm can be delivered directly to the data center rather than relying primarily on grid-supplied power.
This setup supports Soluna’s “behind-the-meter” model, which is designed to route excess renewable generation into high-intensity computing workloads such as bitcoin mining and artificial intelligence infrastructure. In practice, the approach is intended to improve energy efficiency, lower power procurement risk, and make use of renewable output that may otherwise be curtailed or underutilized.
Soluna said deployment for the latest expansion began in March 2026. While the company did not disclose additional technical details about the hardware involved, the timing indicates the project is already moving through implementation rather than remaining at the memorandum or planning stage.
A partnership that has steadily expanded
The new agreement builds on an existing commercial relationship between the two companies. In February 2026, Soluna added 6 MW for Blockware at its Dorothy 1A site, also located in West Texas. Soluna emphasized that each new expansion has been layered on top of earlier agreements rather than replacing prior commitments, suggesting that Blockware’s footprint within Soluna’s network has increased incrementally over time.
Soluna CEO John Belizaire said the company was excited to expand its partnership with Blockware for a fourth time and bring the customer to a new site. He added that as Soluna scales, the company remains focused on delivering reliable infrastructure supported by renewable energy for both AI and bitcoin mining workloads.
Blockware CEO Mason Jappa framed the latest move as a reflection of aligned growth. He said Soluna’s ability to bring new sites online has allowed Blockware to deepen the partnership and scale alongside it. That comment points to one of the more important dynamics in hosted mining and compute infrastructure: customers often expand with operators that can repeatedly execute on development timelines and energy access.
Dorothy campus growth continues in West Texas
Soluna, which trades on Nasdaq under the ticker SLNH, has positioned its West Texas operations as a multi-site green data center campus connected to the same renewable energy resource. The addition of Dorothy 1B as a customer-ready site strengthens that strategy, and the company also said it plans to develop Dorothy 3 on the Briscoe property as expansion continues.
No formal timeline for Dorothy 3 was provided in the announcement, but the disclosure suggests Soluna is planning a broader buildout around the wind-powered campus rather than treating Dorothy 1B as a one-off deployment. For investors and industry participants, that matters because campus-style development can improve operating efficiency, create repeatable deployment pathways, and support larger long-term power commitments.
The company’s strategy also reflects a wider trend across the bitcoin mining sector. More operators are seeking direct or near-direct access to low-cost renewable power, particularly through wind and solar sites where behind-the-meter structures can help lower electricity costs and improve operational predictability. As mining economics remain highly sensitive to energy pricing, access to dedicated renewable generation has become a major competitive differentiator.
Market reaction and broader industry context
At around 10:24 a.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, Soluna shares were reported to be up roughly 3.2%. Over the previous five trading sessions, the stock had gained more than 29%, and over the last 30 trading days, it had risen about 100%. At the time referenced in the report, SLNH was trading at approximately $1.43 per share.
Those share movements do not necessarily reflect a direct response to a single operational update, but they do show heightened market interest around Soluna’s business model. The company sits at the intersection of several themes that continue to draw attention from investors: renewable-powered infrastructure, bitcoin mining, AI-linked data center demand, and the monetization of stranded or underused energy resources.
Blockware, for its part, operates as a bitcoin mining infrastructure provider serving miners that need dependable hosted capacity. Its continuing expansion across Soluna sites underscores demand for facilities that can offer both reliable uptime and access to differentiated energy inputs. In a market where hosting quality, power cost, and speed to deployment can all shape customer decisions, long-running partnerships often indicate operational confidence on both sides.
Overall, the latest 3.3 MW addition at Dorothy 1B is modest in size compared with the larger campus ambitions Soluna has outlined, but it is strategically meaningful. It gives the new site its first customer, expands a repeat commercial relationship, and reinforces Soluna’s effort to integrate renewable power generation directly with digital infrastructure. As the company moves ahead with Dorothy 1B and prepares future development at Dorothy 3, the West Texas campus is becoming a more visible example of how mining and compute operators are trying to pair energy ownership with scalable deployment.