Soluna Holdings expands blockchain partnership to 17MW wind site in West Texas
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Soluna Holdings and Blockware have signed a 4th expansion agreement to add 3.3MW at Project Dorothy 1B in West Texas. Blockware now holds more than 17MW at Soluna sites, making it Dorothy 1B's first customer. As construction continues, Soluna Project plans to develop Dorothy 3 at the Briscoe Wind Farm site.
West Texas winds Bitcoin mining The site gets its first customer through the Blockware-Soluna agreement
The new deal brings Blockchain's total capacity across all Soluna sites to over 17MW. It also marks the first customer signed for Dorothy 1B, a 25MW facility in partnership with Briscoe Wind Farm.
Soluna announced that it has acquired the Briscoe Wind Farm for $53 million, giving the company direct control over energy production at the Project Dorothy campus. The setup runs directly from the wind farm to the data center, cutting grid dependency.
Deployment for the latest expansion began in March 2026. The project aligns with Soluna's metro-metric model, which channels everything from renewable energy to bitcoin mining and artificial intelligence (AI) computing workloads.
“We are thrilled to expand our partnership with Blockware for the fourth time and bring it to a new site,” said John Belizaire, CEO of Soluna.
Belizaire added:
“As we scale, we focus on providing a reliable, renewable-powered infrastructure for AI and bitcoin mining.”
The cooperation between the two companies has been growing over time. In the year By February 2026, Soluna will have 6MW for blockchain at the Dorothy 1A site, also in West Texas. Each expansion builds on the previous agreement rather than replacing it.
Blockware CEO Mason Jappa detailed that the company's growth coincided with Soluna bringing new websites online. “Their ability to open new sites allows us to strengthen our partnership and scale alongside them,” Jappa said.
Soluna, listed on the Nasdaq under the ticker SLNH, develops green data centers for computing-intensive applications. The Albany, NY-based company maintains its West Texas campus as a multi-site operation tied to the same renewable energy source.
On Tuesday, at 10:24 am Eastern time, Soluna shares increased 3.2% and in the last five trading sessions, the stock has increased more than 29%. SLNH has seen a whopping 100% gain on the Nasdaq over the past 30 days. At press time, SLNH shares are trading at $1.43 per share.
With Dorothy 1B now operational for its first customers, Soluna Project has announced plans to develop Dorothy 3 at the Briscoe campus. The company did not give a time frame, but said that more details will follow as the development progresses.
The expansion is a growing list of bitcoin mining operators seeking direct access to low-cost, renewable energy. It has attracted interest from miners looking to reduce energy costs and improve operational stability from metered-meter installations in wind and solar areas.
Blockware acts as a Bitcoin mining infrastructure provider, working with miners who need reliable hosting capacity. The company has expanded its footprint at Soluna sites in several contracts since the partnership began.
