HIVE Digital GPUs in Paraguay Matched H100, Shares Jump 22% and $220M AI Deal
HIVE•HIVE Digital's Nvidia A40 GPU cluster in Paraguay matched H100 performance on 1.4 billion-parameter AI training workloads, driving shares up over 22%. Its BUZZ HPC subsidiary also secured a three-year, $220 million AI infrastructure contract while planning a 100 MW substation and Tier III data center by late 2026.
1. GPU Cluster Performance Validation
Researchers validated that HIVE Digital's Nvidia A40 GPU cluster in Paraguay achieved parity with Nvidia H100 systems on large language model pretraining workloads up to 1.4 billion parameters, demonstrating high-performance remote training over 5,000 miles.
2. BUZZ HPC $220M Contract
HIVE Digital's subsidiary BUZZ HPC signed a three-year commercial agreement valued at $220 million to deliver AI and high-performance computing infrastructure, marking a significant revenue diversification beyond Bitcoin mining.
3. Paraguay AI Campus Expansion
The company plans to energize a 100 MW substation in Yguazú in September 2026 and construct a Tier III data center later that year, targeting service readiness in the second half of 2027 to support its growing AI campus.
