Paul, Weiss advised TeraWulf Inc., a leading owner and operator of environmentally sustainable U.S. bitcoin mining facilities, on the sale of its 25% equity interest in the Nautilus Cryptomine joint venture to its partner, a subsidiary of Talen Energy Corporation. The transaction is valued at approximately $92 million, consisting of $85 million in cash and around $7 million in Talen-contributed miners and equipment. The deal supports TeraWulf's expansion of high performance computing artificial intelligence (HPC/AI) and bitcoin mining at its Lake Mariner facility in Western New York and positions the company for substantial value creation.

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