Cipher Mining Secures $3.8B Deal with Fluidstack, Shifts to High-Performance Computing
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Updated: Jan 16 2026
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Source: NASDAQ.COM
- Strategic Shift: Cipher Mining announced its pivot to high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure in late 2024, while still relying on Bitcoin mining, generating $164.2 million in revenue over the first three quarters of 2025, indicating potential in the new sector.
- Major Partnership: Cipher secured a 10-year HPC colocation agreement with Fluidstack worth approximately $3 billion, with options to extend to 15 years, potentially increasing the total value to $7 billion, showcasing its strong positioning in the AI cloud platform space.
- Additional Agreement: In November, Cipher signed an AI hosting agreement with Fluidstack valued at approximately $830 million, which could reach $2 billion if extended, further diversifying its revenue streams.
- AWS Collaboration: Cipher also entered into a 15-year lease agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) worth about $5.5 billion, expected to generate hundreds of millions in annual revenue starting in 2026, highlighting its growth potential amid rising demand for AI infrastructure.
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Analyst Views on CIFR
Wall Street analysts forecast CIFR stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for CIFR is 26.23 USD with a low forecast of 18.00 USD and a high forecast of 34.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
11 Analyst Rating
10 Buy
1 Hold
0 Sell
Strong Buy
Current: 18.970
Low
18.00
Averages
26.23
High
34.00
Current: 18.970
Low
18.00
Averages
26.23
High
34.00
About CIFR
Cipher Mining Inc. is focused on the development and operation of industrial-scale data centers for bitcoin mining and high-performance computing (HPC) hosting. The Company operates two wholly owned bitcoin mining data centers, a 207 megawatts (MW) site located in Odessa, Texas that draws fixed priced power from a power purchase agreement with its electricity provider (the Odessa Facility), and a 300 MW data center in Wink, Texas, of which 150 MW is operational as a bitcoin mining data center, that draws power from the power grid (the Black Pearl Facility), and has equity investments in three partially-owned 40 MW bitcoin mining data centers. Its development pipeline totals approximately 3.4 gigawatts (GW) across eight sites. The Odessa Facility is an approximately 52-acre site, located next to a natural gas power production facility. Through a subsidiary, it is in the process of constructing a data center for HPC near Colorado City, Texas (the Barber Lake Facility).
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
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