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  Title	Soluna Fills Rack Capacity at Dorothy 2 with 30 MW Expansion with Top-Tier Bitcoin Miner
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  Published Date	July 8, 2025, 6:42 a.m.
  Summary	News ALBANY, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 8, 2025-- Soluna Holdings, Inc. (“Soluna” or the “Company”), (NASDAQ: SLNH), a developer of green data centers for intensive computing applications, including
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  Content	News ALBANY, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 8, 2025-- Soluna Holdings, Inc. (“Soluna” or the “Company”), (NASDAQ: SLNH), a developer of green data centers for intensive computing applications, including Bitcoin mining and AI, today announced a 30 MW expansion with an industry-leading Bitcoin miner at the company's flagship project site, Texas-based Project Dorothy 2. This marks the third expansion with this customer, who first deployed with Soluna at Project Sophie in 2023. With this deal, Project Dorothy 2 is now fully marketed and contracted This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250708915569/en/ “This milestone marks the full ramp of Dorothy 2's sustainable hosting capacity—and another strong vote of confidence from one of our longest-standing customers,” said John Belizaire, CEO of Soluna. “It's a major milestone in our growth pipeline, bringing 100% of our active facilities to full capacity. It also underscores the rising demand for efficient, renewable-powered infrastructure in the post-halving era.” The customer expansion represents an additional 1,462.03 PH/s of hashrate powered by renewable energy, further advancing both companies' commitment to sustainable blockchain infrastructure in the United States. Project Dorothy 2 is a 48 MW data center co-located with a 150 MW wind farm. The first phase of its three-phase ramp came online in Q2 2025 and will reach full capacity in Q4 2025. The site is engineered to optimize Bitcoin mining efficiency while reducing environmental impact. Soluna will begin phasing in the customer's hardware in the coming weeks. For updates and more information, visit www.solunacomputing.com. Soluna's glossary of terms can be found here. Safe Harbor Statement This announcement contains forward-looking statements. These statements are made under the “safe harbor” provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as “will,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “future,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “estimates,” “confident” and similar statements. Other examples of forward-looking statements may include, but are not limited to, statements of Soluna's plans and objectives, including with respect to the development of Project Dorothy 2, and our expectations with respect to the amount of renewable energy capacity Project Dorothy 2 will deliver. Soluna may also make written or oral forward-looking statements in its periodic reports to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), in its annual report to shareholders, in press releases and other written materials, and in oral statements made by its officers, directors, or employees to third parties. Statements that are not historical facts, including but not limited to statements about Soluna's beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties, further information regarding which is included in the Company's filings with the SEC. All information provided in this press release is as of the date of the press release, and Soluna Holdings, Inc. undertakes no duty to update such information, except as required under applicable law. About Soluna Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: SLNH) Soluna is on a mission to make renewable energy a global superpower, using computing as a catalyst. The company designs, develops, and operates digital infrastructure that transforms surplus renewable energy into global computing resources. Soluna's pioneering data centers are strategically co-located with wind, solar, or hydroelectric power plants to support high-performance computing applications, including Bitcoin Mining, Generative AI, and other compute-intensive applications. Soluna's proprietary software MaestroOS(™) helps energize a greener grid while delivering cost-effective and sustainable computing solutions and superior returns. To learn more, visit solunacomputing.com and follow us on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/solunaholdings/ X (formerly Twitter): x.com/solunaholdings YouTube: youtube.com/c/solunacomputing Newsletter: bit.ly/solunasubscribe Resource Center: solunacomputing.com/resources Soluna regularly posts important information on its website and encourages investors and potential investors to consult the Soluna investor relations and investor resources sections of its website regularly. Soluna Fills Rack Capacity at Dorothy 2 with 30 MW Expansion with Top-Tier Bitcoin Miner SARWORLOR, Liberia (AP) — Five months ago, Roseline Phay, a 32-year-old farmer from the West African nation of Liberia, set off on a quest to find contraceptives. Phay and her partner have two daughters, and they barely make ends meet. Determined not to have more children, she went to a health worker in her village, but contraception pills, implants and condoms had run out. Phay trekked for hours on red clay roads to the nearest clinic, but they had no contraceptives either. She did not know it, but her mission was doomed from the beginning. Just weeks before, U.S. President Donald Trump abruptly suspended most foreign aid through the U.S. Agency for International Development, which paid for medications in Liberia's public clinics. Tenacious and outspoken, Phay repeated the trip four times. Then she got pregnant. “I'm suffering,” she said, with daughter Pauline crying in her arms. “I have this little child on my back, and the other child in my stomach is suffering." She must continue farming throughout her pregnancy, she said, or "I will not eat.” After she got pregnant she had to wean Pauline off breastfeeding, she said, and the girl became so badly malnourished that she almost died. The U.S. cuts left no therapeutic food to give her, and she is still ill. Phay is among millions across Africa who have seen their lives upended after the U.S. aid cuts. In Liberia, the American support made up almost 2.6% of the gross national income, the highest percentage anywhere in the world, according to the Center for Global Development. “The impact of USAID in Liberia cannot be overstated,” said Richlue O. Burphy, who worked for USAID projects for over a decade and manages the National Lottery, a government body. “Everywhere you go, you see the USAID (signs). And almost all the government institutions ... had some kind of USAID partnership.” The sense of betrayal runs deep in Liberia, established in the early 1800s with the aim of relocating freed slaves and free-born Black people from the United States. The political system is modeled on that of the U.S., along with its flag. Liberians often refer to the U.S. as their “big brother.” Liberia was one of the first countries to receive USAID support, starting in 1961. Its officials thought they would be spared from Trump's cuts because of the countries' close relationship. Following civil wars and an Ebola epidemic, Liberia's survival has depended largely on foreign aid, mainly from the U.S. and the World Bank. Despite abundant natural wealth, six out of 10 Liberians live in poverty, according to the World Bank, and Liberia is among the world's 10 poorest nations. The aid cuts pose “a serious challenge,” especially for the healthcare system, Deputy Finance Minister Dehpue Y. Zuo, responsible for drafting the development budget, told The Associated Press. To make sure the system stays afloat, he said, "we have to take a dramatic switch to see where we will be cutting funding for other areas.” Liberia received an average of $527.6 million in aid annually between 2014 and 2023, according to the finance ministry. This year, Liberia was supposed to receive $443 million, but the total estimated impact of the cuts is $290 million — essentially what hadn't been disbursed yet. USAID funding built schools and health clinics, provided training for teachers and doctors and gave scholarships for study in the U.S. It supported small-scale farmers and paid for school meals. But most of the U.S. funding went to Liberia's health system, making up 48% of its budget. It funded malaria control, maternal health programs, HIV/AIDS treatment and community health programs. It financed hundreds of health projects run by aid groups. Now in Bong county, where Phay lives, medicine shelves in health clinics are almost empty. The USAID-funded ambulance cannot function because there is no money for fuel. Hospitals are running out of hand sanitizer and gloves. Training for medical staff has stopped, and community health workers have not been paid in months. Moses K. Banyan, head of the nearby CB Dunbar Hospital, described the U.S. cuts as “beyond a shock.” He worried about the future, especially now that Bong county has begun to see a handful of mpox cases spread from neighboring Sierra Leone. Warning of the cuts could have helped in finding options, he said. “But it's like you were sleeping, you woke up and you were told: ‘Hey, leave this house.'” The withdrawal of U.S. support is an opportunity for others, especially China, experts and officials said. Chinese companies have been operating Liberia's gold mines, building roads and training aid workers. Chinese beer is sold alongside local brands. Many Liberians who would have sent children to universities in the U.S. are now choosing China. Last month, China opened a cardiology wing in the capital's main hospital, which is named after John F. Kennedy but was commonly referred to as “Just For Killing” because of its scarce resources, even before the U.S. cuts. “There are gaps to be filled, and that cannot be covered by the government of Liberia,” said Zuo, the deputy finance minister. “We are open door to the rest of the world, including the United States.” In Phay's village of Sarworlor, community health worker Alice Togbah still wears her USAID vest though she hasn't been paid in months. She has no more malaria medication for children. She is running out of cough medicine and diarrhea treatment. A 4-year-old resident, Promise, got malaria a few days ago. Her mother, Grace Morris, obtained only a limited number of malaria tablets at the nearest clinic because of the U.S. cuts. Now they are finished, and the child still feels ill. “Children die from malaria here,” she said. Last year, her neighbor's son died because he did not get medication on time. Morris and other women also seek contraceptives. Liberia in recent years made strides in bringing down teenage pregnancy rates and maternal mortality rates. For women in traditional, conservative communities, access to contraceptives meant reclaiming some control over their lives. “If ... my man touches me, I cannot say no because I need to satisfy him,” Phay said. “But if I have no medicine, I will get pregnant.” Her 9-year-old daughter, also named Promise, is living in the capital, Monrovia, with her aunt. Phay wants her to finish school and have a different life from hers. “I am begging, if you people have the medicine, you people need to help us," she said. “I don't want her to suffer like me." Associated Press writer Mark Mengonfia in Monrovia, Liberia, contributed to this report. For more on Africa and development: https://apnews.com/hub/africa-pulse The Associated Press receives financial support for global health and development coverage in Africa from the Gates Foundation. The AP is solely responsible for all content. Find AP's standards for working with philanthropies, a list of supporters and funded coverage areas at AP.org.
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