HIVE surges on the TSX top gainers list as its BUZZ HPC subsidiary’s $350 million AI cloud services agreement continues to fuel investor enthusiasm.
Investorideas.com (www.investorideas.com) a trusted platform for investing ideas including AI stocks and digital infrastructure stocks issues a news and trading alert for HIVE Digital Technologies Ltd. (TSX: HIVE) (NASDAQ: HIVE) (BVC: HIVECO), through its wholly owned subsidiary BUZZ High Performance Computing Inc.
The stock makes the TSX top gainer list today, currently at $4.2500 +0.2500(+6.25%), riding the AI wave in today’s retail trading.
HIVE Digital Technologies Ltd. is a global leader in sustainable digital infrastructure, building and operating renewable energy-powered data centres that support high-performance AI computing. Through its wholly owned subsidiary, BUZZ High Performance Computing Inc., HIVE delivers sovereign AI cloud infrastructure. HIVE’s dual-engine strategy combines long-life digital infrastructure assets with renewable energy to generate diversified, long-term cash flows across AI infrastructure and digital asset mining.
On August 17th HIVE Digital Technologies announced “HIVE’s BUZZ HPC Signs $350 Million AI Cloud Services Agreement with Investment-Grade Enterprise Customer”
The agreement represents approximately $350 million in total contract value (“TCV”) over five years and adds approximately $70 million in annualized revenue (“ARR 1”). This brings BUZZ HPC’s total annualized revenue to approximately $180 million, comprised of approximately $35 million in active, realized ARR today and approximately $145 million in contracted ARR expected to come online through Q4 2026. The contract is expected to generate attractive long-term economics and meaningful recurring cash flow as the cluster reaches full deployment.
Under the agreement, BUZZ HPC will deliver a dedicated AI infrastructure cluster consisting of 2,016 NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra GPUs in NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 rack-scale systems, interconnected with NVIDIA Quantum-X800 InfiniBand networking and supported by VAST Data’s high-performance storage platform. The system is being designed in accordance with NVIDIA’s reference architecture to support large-scale AI training, inference and advanced enterprise workloads.
The cluster is expected to become operational later this year at the Bell AI Fabric facility in Merritt, British Columbia.
The Merritt facility is powered by 100% renewable hydroelectric energy and utilizes advanced closed-loop liquid cooling technology, eliminating ongoing water consumption for cooling and reinforcing BUZZ HPC’s commitment to delivering sustainable, high-performance AI compute infrastructure.
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Accelerating BUZZ HPC’s AI Cloud Growth
The new contract represents another significant step in the rapid expansion of BUZZ HPC’s AI cloud platform and demonstrates the Company’s ability to secure large-scale, long-term commitments from investment-grade customers.
The five-year term provides BUZZ HPC with long-term contracted revenue visibility while supporting the Company’s strategy of building a portfolio of high-performance accelerated computing infrastructure serving Canadian sovereign AI requirements, global enterprises and leading AI organizations internationally.
The dedicated cluster will support advanced AI training and inference workloads while leveraging BUZZ HPC’s expertise in NVIDIA accelerated computing, high-performance networking, enterprise storage and AI cloud infrastructure.
Management Commentary
Frank Holmes, Executive Chairman of HIVE Digital Technologies, said:
“A year ago, our team was focused on rapidly scaling HIVE’s ASIC computing power and Tier-I data center footprint by over 300%. Today, we are applying that same discipline and execution to scaling our GPU-based AI infrastructure.
I am deeply pleased with the teamwork and execution of Aydin Kilic and Craig Tavares, together with the entire HIVE and BUZZ team, as we continue building our AI strategy. This new five-year agreement is another important milestone in that journey. With approximately 400 MW of capacity in Canada for Tier III data center development, we have the potential to bring over 120,000 GPUs online over the next 2 years.
What excites me most is the synergy between our two businesses. Whether we are deploying ASIC chips for Tier-I data centers or GPU chips for AI, our core expertise remains the same: securing renewable energy, building high-performance data centers and converting that energy into valuable computing power. We believe this dual-engine strategy positions HIVE well for the next generation of digital infrastructure.”
Aydin Kilic, President and Chief Executive Officer of HIVE Digital Technologies, said:
“We are pleased to announce this agreement as we accelerate towards our year-end target of $200 million of ARR for our GPU cloud business. The five-year term, expected stable cash flows from an investment-grade enterprise customer, and upfront deposit of approximately 10% of total contract value supports an attractive economic and return profile for this deployment. Using proceeds from our June 2026 0% convertible bond, we are delivering on our promises to the market to bring this second, long-term large GPU cluster deal forward. We are also using debt financing to lever the purchase of the GPUs to provide a very strong internal rate of return.”
Craig Tavares, President and Chief Operating Officer of BUZZ High Performance Computing, said:
“This contract demonstrates our ability to consistently execute on large-scale AI infrastructure deployments while securing long-term, high-quality customers. We’re rapidly establishing BUZZ as one of Canada’s leading sovereign AI cloud providers, combining best-in-class NVIDIA infrastructure with strategic partners such as Bell and VAST Data to deliver enterprise-grade AI compute at global scale.
We’re building far more than GPU clusters; we’re helping build a sustainable AI future. This milestone reflects the speed and discipline with which our team continues to execute, while strengthening a world-class ecosystem of partners. Together, we’re creating a sovereign AI cloud platform that gives Canadian and global organizations access to sustainable, high-performance infrastructure built for the AI era.”
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