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Fortitude Mining Holdings has purchased a 12.5-megawatt digital infrastructure facility in Prosser, Nebraska, as the company continues expanding its Zcash mining capabilities ahead of its proposed public market debut. The all-cash acquisition increases Fortitude’s owned power portfolio to more than 60 megawatts across seven sites in the United States.
Fortitude snags third Nebraska site to strengthen mining footprint
The Prosser acquisition marks Fortitude’s latest investment in the Zcash ecosystem following last month’s agreement to purchase 9,000 Bitmain Antminer Z15 Pro ASICs. According to a press release, Fortitude completed the Prosser transaction with a net cash outlay of approximately $4.7 million after credits.
While the property and improvements carried a purchase price of $6.25 million, a hosting deposit credit of roughly $985,000 and a $465,500 credit from the sale of approximately 1,400 T21 mining machines reduced the net cash required to close the deal to about $4.7 million. Fortitude disclosed that it funded the acquisition entirely with cash on its balance sheet.
The Prosser facility includes full ownership of the land and an on-site 67-kilovolt substation. Per the announcement, the company estimates the site will deliver stable electricity costs of about $0.045 per kilowatt-hour.
Fortitude previously disclosed that the rate could reduce its mining cost to around $40 per ZEC. Following the announcement, the ZEC price climbed to $486, representing a near-2% surge over the last day, but transaction volumes remain muted.
“By pairing targeted acquisitions like Prosser with our own greenfield development, we are building a vertically integrated platform designed to maximize the value of every megawatt we own,” said Fortitude CEO Andrea Childs.
DCG birthed Fortitude from its Foundry bitcoin mining subsidiary at the tail end of 2025. Meanwhile, the barely one-year-old Fortitude is planning to go public via a merger with HeartSciences pending shareholder and regulatory approvals.
A flurry of activity around Zcash
While the Zcash price is trading sideways, the ecosystem has undergone a flurry of activity in recent days. At the tail end of July, Zcash activated its Ironwood upgrade, sealing the chain’s previous primary private transaction pool called Orchard while opening a new privacy pool.
The upgrade came after developers found a critical vulnerability using Claude Opus 4.8 that threatened the authenticity of Zcash tokens. The net effect of the Ironwood upgrade is that counterfeit ZEC tokens will not enter circulation, with industry analysts hailing the move for “sharpening” the network’s privacy features.
On the first day after the upgrade, $80 million worth of ZEC moved into Zcash’s new Ironwood shielded pool, underscoring ecosystem-wide acceptance.
Meanwhile, ZEC’s real-world utility is soaring with several mainstream commerce integrations taking place since the start of April. Property technology platform TEKCE has begun accepting ZEC for real estate purchases, while travel platform Alternative Airlines enabled ZEC payments across over 600 airlines.
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