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CleanSpark Bets Big on AI Compute: Will Diversification Drive Upside?
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Key Takeaways
CleanSpark expands into AI and HPC with a 1.3-GW portfolio plus new Texas and Georgia development sites.
CLSK sees AI data centers providing stable, high-margin revenues alongside its 2025-2028 expansion roadmap.
MARA and Cipher intensify AI and HPC competition as both scale infrastructure and long-term contracts.
CleanSpark, Inc. (CLSK - Free Report) is redefining its identity, moving beyond Bitcoin mining toward a diversified digital infrastructure model. Management has made 2025 a key time for entry into AI and high-performance computing (HPC), which is a transformation designed to broaden the company's revenue base, improve profitability and unlock sustainable shareholder returns.
The key strength supporting this shift is CleanSpark's large 1.3 gigawatts of electricity and land portfolio across the United States, which is becoming increasingly valuable as demand for computing power grows. The company is already putting this advantage to work. It has acquired a 285 MW site in Texas to build an AI campus and has identified a 250 MW site in Georgia that is suitable for AI development. CleanSpark's partnership with Submer further supports this transition.
CleanSpark plans to create a “digital infrastructure platform” that taps into the fast-growing demand for AI computing. The company expects AI data centers to deliver steady, high-margin revenues, helping balance the ups and downs of Bitcoin’s cyclical business.
CleanSpark’s fiscal 2025 roadmap shows a structured expansion plan through 2026-2028, covering portfolio scaling, large-scale commissioning, tenant diversification and multi-campus development. This strategy comes at an ideal time, with the global HPC market expected to reach $87.31 billion by 2030 from $57 billion in 2024.
With hyperscaler interest building and expansion funding secured, CleanSpark’s AI compute strategy appears both timely and strategically sound. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for fiscal 2026 revenues is pegged at $858.9 million, indicating a year-over-year increase of 12.1%.
MARA & CIFR Challenge CleanSpark in AI/HPC
CleanSpark faces rising competition from Marathon Digital (MARA - Free Report) and Cipher Mining Inc. (CIFR - Free Report) , both of which are actively building out their AI and HPC capabilities.
Marathon Digital is rapidly evolving beyond mining, with the company acquiring a controlling stake in Exaion to accelerate its AI and HPC expansion. This move positions Marathon Digital to scale internationally while leveraging its global data-center footprint and low-cost power access. As the largest publicly traded Bitcoin miner, the company is leveraging strategic acquisitions to accelerate its build-out of AI-ready HPC infrastructure.
Cipher is also expanding into AI and HPC by leveraging its low-cost power and fully owned infrastructure, giving the company strong margin control and workload flexibility. With major long-term AI and HPC contracts, notably with AWS and Fluidstack, Cipher now holds billions in committed revenues. By deploying its Texas data-center platform for advanced HPC hosting, Cipher is securing a durable position in high-growth AI infrastructure.
Shares of CleanSpark have rallied 48.9% year to date against the Zacks Finance – Miscellaneous Services industry’s decline of 7.3%.
CLSK’s YTD Price Performance
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From a valuation standpoint, CLSK trades at a forward price-to-sales ratio of 4.05, higher than the industry’s average of 3.18.
CLSK’s Valuation
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The Zacks Consensus Estimate for CleanSpark’s fiscal 2026 earnings is currently pegged at 33 cents per share, revised downward by 47.6% over the past 30 days. The earnings figure suggests a 53.5% decline over the figure reported in the year-ago quarter.
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CleanSpark Bets Big on AI Compute: Will Diversification Drive Upside?
Key Takeaways
CleanSpark, Inc. (CLSK - Free Report) is redefining its identity, moving beyond Bitcoin mining toward a diversified digital infrastructure model. Management has made 2025 a key time for entry into AI and high-performance computing (HPC), which is a transformation designed to broaden the company's revenue base, improve profitability and unlock sustainable shareholder returns.
The key strength supporting this shift is CleanSpark's large 1.3 gigawatts of electricity and land portfolio across the United States, which is becoming increasingly valuable as demand for computing power grows. The company is already putting this advantage to work. It has acquired a 285 MW site in Texas to build an AI campus and has identified a 250 MW site in Georgia that is suitable for AI development. CleanSpark's partnership with Submer further supports this transition.
CleanSpark plans to create a “digital infrastructure platform” that taps into the fast-growing demand for AI computing. The company expects AI data centers to deliver steady, high-margin revenues, helping balance the ups and downs of Bitcoin’s cyclical business.
CleanSpark’s fiscal 2025 roadmap shows a structured expansion plan through 2026-2028, covering portfolio scaling, large-scale commissioning, tenant diversification and multi-campus development. This strategy comes at an ideal time, with the global HPC market expected to reach $87.31 billion by 2030 from $57 billion in 2024.
With hyperscaler interest building and expansion funding secured, CleanSpark’s AI compute strategy appears both timely and strategically sound. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for fiscal 2026 revenues is pegged at $858.9 million, indicating a year-over-year increase of 12.1%.
MARA & CIFR Challenge CleanSpark in AI/HPC
CleanSpark faces rising competition from Marathon Digital (MARA - Free Report) and Cipher Mining Inc. (CIFR - Free Report) , both of which are actively building out their AI and HPC capabilities.
Marathon Digital is rapidly evolving beyond mining, with the company acquiring a controlling stake in Exaion to accelerate its AI and HPC expansion. This move positions Marathon Digital to scale internationally while leveraging its global data-center footprint and low-cost power access. As the largest publicly traded Bitcoin miner, the company is leveraging strategic acquisitions to accelerate its build-out of AI-ready HPC infrastructure.
Cipher is also expanding into AI and HPC by leveraging its low-cost power and fully owned infrastructure, giving the company strong margin control and workload flexibility. With major long-term AI and HPC contracts, notably with AWS and Fluidstack, Cipher now holds billions in committed revenues. By deploying its Texas data-center platform for advanced HPC hosting, Cipher is securing a durable position in high-growth AI infrastructure.
CLSK’s Share Price Performance, Valuation & Estimates
Shares of CleanSpark have rallied 48.9% year to date against the Zacks Finance – Miscellaneous Services industry’s decline of 7.3%.
CLSK’s YTD Price Performance
Image Source: Zacks Investment Research
From a valuation standpoint, CLSK trades at a forward price-to-sales ratio of 4.05, higher than the industry’s average of 3.18.
CLSK’s Valuation
Image Source: Zacks Investment Research
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for CleanSpark’s fiscal 2026 earnings is currently pegged at 33 cents per share, revised downward by 47.6% over the past 30 days. The earnings figure suggests a 53.5% decline over the figure reported in the year-ago quarter.
Image Source: Zacks Investment Research
CleanSpark currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.