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SWI Group Buys $500M Stake in Genesis Digital Assets to Target AI

The Euronext-listed firm acquired a 38.3% equity holding in GDA to convert 1.3 GW of power capacity into data centers.

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SWI Group spent $500 million to acquire approximately 38.3% of Genesis Digital Assets Limited.

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The transaction gives SWI Group 77.2% of GDA's $1.124 billion preferred share liquidation preference.

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SWI Group plans to convert GDA's 1.3 GW footprint across 15 sites from mining to high-performance computing and AI.

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Context

SWI Group has pursued grid connectivity investments since 2020 and runs AiOnX, a 2.3 GW European data center developer.

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Why it matters

GDA's 15 operating facilities across the United States and Sweden will be converted from cryptocurrency mining to high-performance computing workloads.

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What to watch

SWI Group's execution milestones as it begins retrofitting GDA's 1.3 GW grid connections for AI hyperscaler clients.

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