JOINT VENTURE

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2025

Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]

In May 2021, the Company and a subsidiary of Talen Energy Corporation (“Talen”) (each a “Member” and collectively the “Members”) entered into a joint venture, Nautilus Cryptomine LLC (“Nautilus”), to develop, construct and operate up to 300 MW of zero-carbon bitcoin mining in Pennsylvania (the “Joint Venture”) which was subsequently amended in August 2022 (the “A&R Nautilus Agreement”) and March 2023 (the “Second A&R Nautilus Agreement”). In connection with the Joint Venture, Nautilus simultaneously entered into (i) a ground lease (the “Nautilus Ground Lease”), which included an electricity supply component, with a related party of Talen, (ii) a Facility Operations Agreement, subsequently transferred to a related party of Talen and (iii) a Corporate Services Agreement (the “CSA”) with a related party of Talen. The Company originally held a 50% interest in the Joint Venture which was subsequently reduced to 25% per the Second A&R Nautilus Agreement. The Nautilus Cryptomine Facility initially required 200 MW of electric capacity.

In March 2024, a subsidiary of Talen sold substantially all its assets to an unaffiliated third party, including the land that Nautilus utilizes pursuant to the Nautilus Ground Lease. In connection with the sale, the Nautilus Ground Lease was assigned from Talen to the purchaser of the assets.

On October 2, 2024, the Company sold its entire 25% equity interest in Nautilus to the Talen Member (the “Nautilus Sale”). The total consideration transferred was $102.1 million comprised of: (i) $86.1 million paid in cash, including a customary working capital adjustment, (ii) $0.3 million distributed in bitcoin on a pro rata basis for bitcoin mined and held by Nautilus, and (iii) $15.7 million of miners and equipment assigned to the Company by Nautilus, reflecting the fair value of all of Nautilus’ miners, including miners contributed by the Talen Member, as well as certain other related equipment owned by Nautilus. The Nautilus Sale included customary representations and warranties and customary covenants, including, among others, that the Talen Member will pay to the Company 25% of the net proceeds received in excess of $300.0 million in the aggregate in any future sale of all or substantially all of the assets, or a majority of the equity interests of Nautilus. In connection with the Nautilus Sale, the Company derecognized its investment in Nautilus of $79.5 million.

Prior to the Nautilus Sale, Nautilus was a variable interest entity accounted for using the equity method of accounting. In August 2022, due to the change in Member ownership percentage and governance rights under the A&R Nautilus Agreement, Talen determined it controlled the Joint Venture from an accounting perspective and thereby was required to fair value the identifiable assets and liabilities of the Joint Venture for its internal accounting purposes. Under the CSA, Talen was responsible for maintaining the books and records of the Joint Venture and elected to push down the fair value adjustments to Nautilus’ books and records. The Company accounted for the Joint Venture as an equity method investment and the change in ownership percentage did not impact the Company’s method of accounting or basis. Therefore, there was a basis difference between the books and records of Nautilus and the Company’s accounting basis in the Joint Venture.

Distributions were made periodically in accordance with each Member’s respective hashrate contributions after deducting primarily each Member’s share of power and operational costs. The Company received bitcoin distributions from Nautilus with a fair value of $12.0 million during the three months ended March 31, 2024.

The condensed results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and the condensed financial position as of October 2, 2024 (the date of the Nautilus Sale) are summarized below (in thousands):


	Three Months Ended March 31, 2024(1)
Condensed statement of operations information:
Revenue	$	41,740
Operating expense	26,322
Net income (loss)	$	15,418


	October 2, 2024(1)
Condensed balance sheet information:
Current assets	$	11,124
Noncurrent assets	134,217
Total assets	$	145,341

Current liabilities	$	12,816
Noncurrent liabilities	29,434
Equity	103,091
Total liabilities and equity	$	145,341

(1) The condensed statements of operations information for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and the condensed balance sheet information as of October 2, 2024 reflect the impact of the Talen-estimated fair value measurements of Nautilus which, resulting from the application of ASC 805, Business Combinations, have been pushed down to the books and records of Nautilus by Talen, as discussed above.