Soluna JumpStarts Ancillary Services Revenue

By: Soluna Holdings, Inc. via Business Wire

November 30, 2023 at 11:32 AM EST

Offers November Update on Company and Project Sites

Soluna Holdings, Inc. (“SHI” or the “Company”), (NASDAQ: SLNH), the parent company of Soluna Computing, Inc. (“SCI”), a developer of green data centers for Bitcoin mining and other intensive computing applications, announced today it has completed its registration for Ancillary Services to diversify its revenue streams.

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John Belizaire, CEO of Soluna Holdings, commented, “Adding Ancillary Services to Project Dorothy is a key milestone in our revenue diversification plan and adds another turn to our business flywheel.”

“Our model is to monetize our data centers in multiple ways to maximize our return on invested capital and deliver superior returns for our (project-level) investors. Ancillary Services expands our model to three drivers,” Belizaire continued.

Belizaire concluded, “Soluna's data center colocation with a wind farm demonstrates responsible energy use and a visionary approach for enhanced grid resilience and increased renewable energy penetration. It’s a win in three important ways: Grid Resilience, Revenue Diversification, and Wind Farm Energy Utilization.”

The Company has provided the following Corporate and Site Updates.

Corporate Highlights:

Ancillary Services Adds More Revenue and Lowers Power Cost – Soluna registered for ERCOT's Demand Response Program establishing the company as a key contributor to intelligent and flexible energy solutions, promoting environmental and economic advantages for Texas. Soluna will be able to make over $10/MWh in additional revenue to Project Dorothy providing this grid resilience support and potentially reduce its power costs below $20/MWh, making it among the lowest cost players in the industry.
Strong Q3 Results – The company financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2023, including a 176% increase in revenue and operating profit milestone.
Pivotal Noteholder Amendment – Third Amendment of October Notes completed to allow early payoff of convertible notes.
Hosting diversification – New hosting customers signed and deployed at Project Sophie.
Advisory Board – Establishes Advisory Board, taps AI and data center leadership. Expands pipeline of new candidates with AI expertise.

Key Company Metrics:

The following metrics are year-to-date for all project sites.

Metric [All sites]	YTD [Sep]	YTD [Oct]	YTD [Nov]
Installed Hashrate	2.6 EH/s	2.6 EH/s	2.5 EH/s
Total Installed Power Capacity	75 MW	75 MW	75 MW
Average Operating Hashrate	2.2 EH/s	2.3 EH/s	2.3 EH/s
Prop Mining	588 PH/s	660 PH/s	749 PH/s
Hosting	1.6 EH/s	1.6 EH/s	1.5 EH/s
Average Power Cost	$30 / MWh	$30 / MWh	$30 / MWh
Average J/TH (across all sites)	30 J/TH	30 J/TH	30 J/TH
Power Usage Effectiveness	1.01	1.01	1.01
Curtailed Energy Consumed (Project Dorothy 1A & 1B)	1,307 MWh	4,003 MWh	11,664 MWh
Bitcoin Miners Deployed	23,655	23,655	23,571

Key Project Updates

Project Dorothy 1A ( 953 PH/s, 25 MW, Hosting):

Metric	YTD [Sep]	YTD [Oct]	YTD [Nov]
Total Power Consumed	30,284 MWh	44,899 MWh	74,791 MWh
Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE)	1.01	1.01	1.01
Curtailed Energy Consumed YTD*	1,068 MWh	2,501 MWh	6,397 MWh

*Note: Curtailed Energy is energy produced by the wind farm and consumed by Soluna’s Project Dorothy which the grid either could not absorb or did not deem as economically valuable.

New triage program and space now online for winter months.
Firmware and thermal management optimizations continue for colder Texas months.

Project Dorothy 1B ( 816 PH/s, 25 MW, Prop-Mining):

Metric	YTD [Sep]	YTD [Oct]	YTD [Nov]
Average Operating Hashrate (PH/s)	588	660	749
Total Bitcoin Mined	53	96	143
Total Power Consumed	9,043 MWh	21,805 MWh	50,515 MWh
Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE)	1.01	1.01	1.01
Curtailed Energy Consumed YTD*	239 MWh	1,502 MWh	5,267 MWh

*Note: Curtailed Energy is energy produced by the wind farm and consumed by Soluna’s Project Dorothy which the grid either could absorb or did not deem as economically valuable.

Data center is now fully commissioned and construction is complete.
Firmware optimizations continue and thermal management optimizations continue during the colder Texas months.
Data center technician team expands.
New miner repair partner onboarded to enhance triage and mining operations.

Project Sophie (761 PH/s, 25 MW, Hosting with Profit Share):

Metric	YTD [Sep]	YTD [Oct]	YTD [Nov]
Average Operating Hashrate (PH/s)	817	770	658
Power Usage Effectiveness	1.02	1.02	1.02
Average Power Cost	$31 /MWh	$28 /MWh	$29 /MWh

Three new hosting contracts have been signed and deployed since September.
The site will experience some degradation in hashrate in October through December related to the turnover in customers.
Power infrastructure diagnostics completed with essential upgrades underway to ensure resiliency.

Project Dorothy 2 (50 MW):

Final bid packages received from select EPC contractors.
Helix design process underway and top design engineering firm identified with the help of the Company’s new advisor.
ERCOT model update submission underway.
Long-lead equipment identified and sourcing process underway.
Potential anchor customers and investors visited the new site.

Project Kati (166 MW):

The ERCOT planning process continues.
Definitive PPA agreements set to be finalized by the end of the 2023 calendar year.
Negotiations set to begin with land owners for land lease agreements.

View Soluna’s Earnings Power Presentation here.

View Soluna’s summary of third-quarter results here.

*Note: November metrics are as of November 26, 2023.

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About Soluna Holdings, Inc (SLNH)

Soluna Holdings, Inc. is the leading developer of green data centers that convert excess renewable energy into global computing resources. Soluna builds modular, scalable data centers for computing intensive, batchable applications such as Bitcoin mining, AI, and machine learning. Soluna provides a cost-effective alternative to battery storage or transmission lines. Soluna uses technology and intentional design to solve complex, real-world challenges. Up to 30% of the power of renewable energy projects can go to waste. Soluna’s data centers enable clean electricity asset owners to ‘Sell. Every. Megawatt.’