Snapshot
- Ticker: BITF (Nasdaq, dual TSX) — rebranding to “Keel Infrastructure” / KEEL ~April 2026
- Bucket: Data-Center Operators (HPC Pivots)
- Q4 2025 fund position: $16.2 M (6.90 M sh) — 0.29 % of 13F
- HQ: Brossard, Quebec — redomiciling to US ~April 2026
Business Overview
Bitfarms operates Bitcoin mining sites with a strategic redirection toward HPC at the Sharon, Pennsylvania campus. After a contested 2024 governance battle (Riot’s hostile bid was rebuffed), new CEO Ben Gagnon assumed leadership with an explicit mandate to:
- Pivot the Sharon, PA site (PJM Interconnection grid) toward HPC tenancy.
- Divest the Latin American assets (now classified as held-for-sale).
- Redomicile from Canada to the United States.
- Rebrand from a pure miner to an infrastructure company — hence the renaming to Keel Infrastructure (KEEL).
The Sharon site sits on PJM Interconnection — one of the most desirable US power markets for AI buildout — and has expansion potential to ~1 GW long-term. It is the asset on which the bucket thesis on Bitfarms rests.
Financial Trajectory (continuing operations after LatAm divestments)
| Metric (USD M) | FY24 | FY25 | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue (continuing ops) | 133.3 | 229.3 | +72 % |
| Gross margin | −12 % | −8 % | improving |
| Adjusted EBITDA | 31.3 | 28.9 | flat |
| EBITDA margin | 23 % | 13 % | compressed |
| Net income (loss, continuing ops) | — | −208.5 | — |
| Net loss including discontinued ops (LatAm) | — | −284.5 | — |
The negative gross margin and large net loss reflect post-halving mining economics on a still-mostly-mining revenue base, plus restructuring costs from the LatAm divestiture and the redomicile. The strategic pivot is forward-looking — first HPC data-center revenue is not expected until 2027.
Balance Sheet (3/27/26)
| Item | $M |
|---|---|
| Cash (unrestricted) | 359 |
| BTC (unencumbered) | 161 |
| Total liquidity | 520 |
| Macquarie facility | $0 (repaid in full during FY25) |
The clean balance sheet — Macquarie facility repaid, $520 M liquidity — gives Bitfarms unusual flexibility for a small-cap miner to fund the Sharon HPC build-out without immediate dilution.
Operational KPIs
- Total pipeline: 2.2 GW under development across North America
- Energized: 341 MW
- Secured (contracted but not yet energized): 430 MW
- In application (interconnection queue): 1.5 GW
- Sharon, PA: 30 MW current → +80 MW substation by YE 2026 → 110 MW total. 17-year lease.
- Other PA campuses: Panther Creek, Scrubgrass
- Moses Lake, WA: Designed for Vera Rubin / NVL72-class GPU racks — purpose-built HPC
Strategic Pivot Timeline
| Event | Date |
|---|---|
| Riot hostile bid rejected | 2024 |
| Ben Gagnon becomes CEO | 2024 |
| Strategic pivot to HPC announced | 2024 |
| Latin American assets reclassified to discontinued | 2025 |
| Macquarie facility repaid | 2025 |
| US redomicile announced | Q4 2025 |
| Rebrand to Keel Infrastructure (KEEL) | ~April 2026 |
| First HPC data-center revenue expected | 2027 |
Why It Fits the Thesis
Bitfarms is the bucket’s smallest by current HPC contract size and least far along — but the PJM grid position at Sharon is among the most strategically valuable in the entire bucket given proximity to the Mid-Atlantic data-center alley. The fund’s small position reflects “buy the option” sizing: tiny dollars relative to the upside if Sharon signs an anchor tenant in 2026–2027.
The combination of (1) clean balance sheet, (2) PJM interconnect, (3) explicit HPC strategy, and (4) US domicile makes Bitfarms one of the cleanest small-cap “mining-to-infra-REIT” conversion stories.
Position History in the Fund
| Quarter | Position |
|---|---|
| Q4 2025 | New, 6.90 M sh |
Risks
- Smallest balance sheet in the bucket relative to HPC build ambition — execution risk on Sharon Phase II.
- First HPC revenue not until 2027 — long pre-revenue period during which mining cash flows must fund construction.
- Bitcoin price exposure dominates near-term P&L.
- Argentina / Paraguay sovereign exposure in the held-for-sale assets — divestment must complete cleanly.
- Recent management turnover — new strategy not yet validated by a signed HPC anchor.