Luxor Technology Corporation has expanded its partnership with MicroBT through a $100 million commitment to purchase WhatsMiner bitcoin mining rigs, reinforcing collaboration between two major players in mining infrastructure. Alongside the hardware purchase, MicroBT signed a term sheet to invest in Luxor through its investment manager, Inflection Technology Ltd., although the financial size of the investment has not been publicly disclosed.
Luxor confirmed that its proprietary LuxOS firmware will be extended to support MicroBT WhatsMiner machines, responding to long-standing demand from operators seeking improved control and efficiency across mining fleets.
LuxOS Features Aim to Improve Efficiency and Profitability
With the new firmware integration, WhatsMiner rigs will gain expanded capabilities beyond default configurations. LuxOS enables power target transitions within 30 to 60 seconds while machines continue hashing, helping reduce downtime during energy adjustments. The system also improves ramp-up speed following curtailment events, which can enhance overall mining profitability.
The rollout of LuxOS support will occur in phases, allowing operators to access Luxor’s broader ecosystem, including mining pools, hashrate derivatives, energy services, and its Luxor Commander fleet management platform.
Beyond mining, Luxor whose firmware currently operates on more than 300,000 rigs worldwide is also expanding into GPUs, servers, storage, and networking hardware to support artificial intelligence and high-performance computing development.
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