CIFR Stock Skyrockets 320% After Google-Backed AI Mining Deal – Bubble or Boom?
Company Background & Business Model Cipher Mining is a pure-play Bitcoin miner that specializes in large-scale, energy-efficient data-center mining ts2.tech. It locates facilities “behind the meter” at low-cost renewable power sites in West Texas ts2.tech. Its flagship “Black Pearl” complex (Odessa, TX) is a 150 MW facility serving both Bitcoin mining and high-performance computing (HPC) ts2.tech. As of mid-2025, Cipher had deployed ~16.8 EH/s of mining capacity (with next-gen ASIC miners) ts2.tech and plans to reach ~23.5 EH/s by Q3’25 ts2.tech. To fund growth, it has a large 2.6 GW pipeline of additional power projects ts2.tech. In Q2’25 Cipher produced ~150 BTC and achieved $44 M