The post Bitcoin Miner TeraWulf’s Stock Soars on Google-Backed AI Expansion Plans appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. In brief Bitcoin miner TeraWulf said Tuesday that it is expanding its partnership with Fluidstack. The company in August announced Google-backed plans to expand into the world of AI. TeraWulf’s stock climbed nearly 17% on Tuesday. On a largely bleak Tuesday for Bitcoin mining stocks, TeraWulf’s share price soared nearly 17%  after the Nasdaq-listed firm said it was adding more artificial intelligence compute power through an ongoing, Google-backed joint venture with AI cloud company Fluidstack.  TeraWulf stock (WULF) closed at $17 per share following the news. Shares have since dipped to $16.24 in after-hours trading, according to Yahoo Finance. The Easton, Maryland-based company said the two will develop 168 MW of critical IT load at a site in Abernathy, Texas in the second half of this year under a 25-year hosting commitment. TeraWulf will hold a majority stake of 51% in the joint venture, an announcement said.   TeraWulf and Fluidstack in August had already signed a deal to work together with the plan of building a new data center, backed by Google.  “This is exactly the evolution we outlined: converting advantaged infrastructure positions into contracted megawatts with investment-grade counterparties and doing so at strategic scale,” TeraWulf CEO Paul Prager said.  Among other leading miners on Tuesday, Riot Platforms tumbled 6.2%, while CleanSpark and MARA Holdings fell nearly 5.2% and nearly 3.5%, respectively, according to Yahoo Finance. IREN was off almost 4%.  Mining Bitcoin has grown more challenging after last year’s halving cut the amount of digital coins earned from 6.250 to 3.125.  Despite Bitcoin’s price rising, it hasn’t risen as quickly as previous cycles but the difficulty of minting coins has become harder, prompting miners to look for new revenue sources.  Top publicly-traded miner Hut 8 in August unveiled plans to develop 1.53 gigawatts of new capacity across four… The post Bitcoin Miner TeraWulf’s Stock Soars on Google-Backed AI Expansion Plans appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. In brief Bitcoin miner TeraWulf said Tuesday that it is expanding its partnership with Fluidstack. The company in August announced Google-backed plans to expand into the world of AI. TeraWulf’s stock climbed nearly 17% on Tuesday. On a largely bleak Tuesday for Bitcoin mining stocks, TeraWulf’s share price soared nearly 17%  after the Nasdaq-listed firm said it was adding more artificial intelligence compute power through an ongoing, Google-backed joint venture with AI cloud company Fluidstack.  TeraWulf stock (WULF) closed at $17 per share following the news. Shares have since dipped to $16.24 in after-hours trading, according to Yahoo Finance. The Easton, Maryland-based company said the two will develop 168 MW of critical IT load at a site in Abernathy, Texas in the second half of this year under a 25-year hosting commitment. TeraWulf will hold a majority stake of 51% in the joint venture, an announcement said.   TeraWulf and Fluidstack in August had already signed a deal to work together with the plan of building a new data center, backed by Google.  “This is exactly the evolution we outlined: converting advantaged infrastructure positions into contracted megawatts with investment-grade counterparties and doing so at strategic scale,” TeraWulf CEO Paul Prager said.  Among other leading miners on Tuesday, Riot Platforms tumbled 6.2%, while CleanSpark and MARA Holdings fell nearly 5.2% and nearly 3.5%, respectively, according to Yahoo Finance. IREN was off almost 4%.  Mining Bitcoin has grown more challenging after last year’s halving cut the amount of digital coins earned from 6.250 to 3.125.  Despite Bitcoin’s price rising, it hasn’t risen as quickly as previous cycles but the difficulty of minting coins has become harder, prompting miners to look for new revenue sources.  Top publicly-traded miner Hut 8 in August unveiled plans to develop 1.53 gigawatts of new capacity across four…