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<h4>Quick Breakdown</h4><ul><li>Bitfarms converts 18 MW Washington site into liquid-cooled GPU facility for NVIDIA GB300s, fully funded at $128M, completion by December 2026.</li><li>Company eyes colocation and cloud monetization, leveraging 2.1 GW North American power portfolio for AI workloads.</li><li>Pivot follows Q3 2025 losses, with $588M allocated from financing to fund transition amid falling mining margins.</li></ul>​&nbsp;Bitfarms Ltd. (NASDAQ/TSX: BITF), a North American energy infrastructure firm, accelerates its strategic shift from Bitcoin mining to high-performance computing (HPC) and AI data centers. The company <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bitfarms-ltd-bitf-accelerates-strategic-003715488.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">announced</a> plans to repurpose its 18 MW Washington state facility into a modular, liquid-cooled site supporting up to 190 kW per rack and advanced NVIDIA GB300 GPUs. This move, fully funded via a $128 million agreement with a U.S. provider, targets completion by December 2026 and aims to generate higher net operating income than traditional mining. CEO Ben Gagnon highlighted the focus on NVIDIA’s next-gen Vera Rubin GPUs across sites like Moses Lake, Panther Creek, Sharon, and Quebec.<figure id="attachment_48915" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-48915" src="https://defi-planet.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Screenshot-2026-01-26-at-18.33.38.jpg" alt="" width="580" height="568"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-48915" class="wp-caption-text">Source: <a href="https://bitfarms.com/about-us/executive-team/ben-gagnon-ceo/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Pbs</a></figcaption></figure><h3 id="span-washington-site-leads-ai-infrastructure-push-span">Washington site leads AI infrastructure push.</h3> The upgraded facility features validated designs for NVIDIA GB300 compatibility, modular scalability, and advanced thermal management. Bitfarms secured full IT supply chain and explores GPU-as-a-Service or cloud models to tap AI demand. This positions the firm amid power shortages for data centers, with COO Liam Wilson stressing infrastructure over capital. Recent sales, like the $85M Paraguay site to Hive Digital, free resources for U.S. focus. Analysts view it as a high-stakes bet on AI growth, despite short-term costs.<h3 id="span-broader-context-in-crypto-s-ai-convergence-span">Broader context in crypto’s AI convergence.</h3> Blockchain analytics firm Nansen has <a href="https://defi-planet.com/2026/01/nansen-rolls-out-ai-powered-crypto-trading/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">transitioned</a> from providing data insights to offering live trade execution through a new AI-powered system. This innovation allows retail investors to conduct transactions on the Solana and Base networks using simple natural-language prompts rather than complex manual interfaces. By leveraging a proprietary database of hundreds of millions of labelled wallets, the platform’s autonomous agents can perform onchain research and execute trades instantly.&nbsp;The service integrates with an embedded wallet infrastructure and partners with various exchanges to facilitate seamless cross-chain activity. While the tool aims to simplify the trading experience through conversational AI, it remains subject to regional regulatory restrictions in several countries. 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