Renewable‑powered GPU farms in Paraguay
HIVE announced new GPU AI compute in Paraguay using hydro power and Tier‑III data centers with plans to scale to 300MW, highlighting a push for cheaper, low‑carbon GPU capacity outside hyperscaler regions. It’s a concrete example of where teams can look for cost‑ and carbon‑sensitive fleet expansion. (x.com)
HIVE said its BUZZ AI Cloud platform in Asunción is now operational and a Columbia University research team is running live large‑language‑model training workloads dispatched from New York to the cluster. (theblock.co) The GPU nodes are hosted inside a data center operated through a joint arrangement with Paraguay’s leading telecommunications provider, according to HIVE’s release. (hivedigitaltechnologies.com) HIVE has not publicly named the telecom operator in its announcements, and trade coverage flagged that the partner’s identity was deliberately left undisclosed. (datacenterdynamics.com) The hardware siting leverages HIVE’s existing Paraguayan campus infrastructure after the company completed the acquisition of the Yguazú site from Bitfarms on March 17, 2025. (hivedigitaltechnologies.com) HIVE describes the initial Paraguay deployment as a non‑commercial proof‑of‑concept intended to benchmark latency, throughput and distributed training performance before broader roll‑out decisions. (theblock.co) Company statements and reporting say early tests show low‑latency links between New York and Asunción that the telecom partner’s national fiber backbone helps sustain. (banklesstimes.com) While advancing AI and HPC offerings, HIVE is simultaneously maintaining its Bitcoin operations and had previously outlined a target of roughly 35 EH/s of mining capacity for 2026. (hivedigitaltechnologies.com) Separately, HIVE has told investors it is pursuing material contracted revenue from its AI expansion and cited a goal of about $200 million in annual contracted revenue by March 31, 2027, with management saying 2025 deposits cover near‑term expansion costs. (thestreet.com)
