Boden, Sweden--(Newsfile Corp. - June 24, 2019) - Hydro66 Holdings Corp. (CSE: SIX) (OTCQB: HYHDF) ("Hydro66" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has increase its month-over-month revenue by 64% in May. The increase was primarily attributable to renewed wholesale mining interest as well as increased profitability for the companies own cryptocurrency operations.
Hydro66 realized revenue of C$514,000 in May 2019 and EBITDA of ($107,000). During the month, the Company was operating a total of 1000 ASICs at its Boden data center facility providing a total of 12.8 PH/s of blockchain security utilizing 1.25 MW of power. The total power used at the facility including co-located customers was 4.4 MW in May.
As previously announced, the Company also purchased an additional 0.5 MW of ASIC equipment to operate in its award-winning data center. Prior to this purchase, the company had been operating 1.25 MW of its own ASIC and GPU equipment. This equipment has now been installed and began operating in early June. With the considerable move in Bitcoin seen over the last several weeks, Hydro66 is anticipating further growth in its top line in June. The additional equipment that is now operational provides the Company with expanded exposure to rising cryptocurrency prices and given the continued momentum in the industry is likely to add to cashflow over the coming months.
Alex Johnstone, CFO commented, "We are delighted to see that we made additional investment into our own blockchain security operations right as the market began to turn. We continue to see opportunities to profitably deploy additional hashing power and are evaluating several opportunities for further expansion."
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Paul Morrison
Chief Commercial Officer of Hydro66 UK Limited
paul.morrison@hydro66.com
or
Jason Atkinson
Director of Corporate Development
Jason.atkinson@hydro66.com
About Hydro66
Hydro66 owns and operates an award-winning colocation data center in Sweden specializing in High Performance Computing ("HPC") hosting. The Company hosts third party IT infrastructure, utilizing 100% green power, at amongst the EU's lowest power prices and within an ISO27001 accredited facility.
Hydro66 is uniquely positioned to capitalize on opportunities in blockchain infrastructure as well as the traditional Enterprise colocation data center market. The Company provides truly green power at a leading price, purpose-built space and cooling, telecoms, IT support services and 24/7 physical security in their facility in Boden, Sweden. www.hydro66.com
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