CleanSpark, a crypto miner, has acquired 45,000 new Bitmain Antminer S19 XPs for $144.9 million, which will nearly double its current computing power, or hashrate, according to a press release. Once delivered and installed, the Antminers will add over 6.3 exahash/second (EH/s) of computing power to CleanSpark's fleet of 6.7 EH/s. The first batch of 25,000 rigs will be ready for delivery in August, and the rest are scheduled for September. CleanSpark aims to have 16 EH/s of computing power by the end of the year. The acquisition announcement comes as bitcoin crossed $30,000 for the first time in nearly a year.

(By Eliza Gkritsi)