Acquisition of Poolin's Texas data centres
Company: Hut 8
The claim, verbatim
Hut 8 won a bid to acquire bankrupt crypto miner Poolin's two Texas data centre facilities (Pyote and Tarbush) for $140 million
Source (primary)
Hut 8 Acquires Poolin’s Texas Data Centres For $140 Million - Yahoo Finance (-, news_article)
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Quote: “Hut 8 (NASDAQ: $HUT) has won a bid for bankrupt crypto miner Poolin's two Texas data centre facilities... offered $140 million U.S. for Poolin's Texas data centre operations, according to court filings. The winning bid gives Hut 8 Poolin's "Pyote" and "Tarbush" data centre sites.”
How we checked this
Checked on October 12, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The article states that Hut 8 won a bid for bankrupt crypto miner Poolin's two Texas data centre facilities, naming the Pyote and Tarbush sites. It gives the winning offer as $140 million, citing court filings.
Confirmed in the source:
- Hut 8 won a bid for Poolin's Texas data centre facilities
- Poolin is a bankrupt crypto miner
- The bid covered two Texas data centre facilities
- The sites are named Pyote and Tarbush
- Hut 8's winning offer was $140 million
What we did: Read our cached copy of the publisher (https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/crypto/articles/hut-8-acquires-poolin-texas-133700095.html) in full (7,910 characters, retrieved September 25, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Hut 8 Acquires Poolin’s Texas Data Centres For $140 Million - Yahoo Finance
Quote: “Hut 8 (NASDAQ: $HUT) has won a bid for bankrupt crypto miner Poolin's two Texas data centre facilities... offered $140 million U.S. for Poolin's Texas data centre operations, according to court filings. The winning bid gives Hut 8 Poolin's "Pyote" and "Tarbush" data centre sites.”
confirms Hut 8 Wins $140M Bid For Poolin’s Texas Data Centers - TradingView
Quote: “Hut 8 has emerged as the winning bidder for two Texas data-center sites owned by bankrupt mining company Poolin, putting $140 million on the table for infrastructure”