Sterling Digital (AQSE:ASIC) has recorded its first verified Bitcoin mining output during a controlled live-load commissioning run at its West Texas site.
The company uses low-cost, underutilised natural gas in the region to power on-site digital asset production, converting gas into electricity, computing power and, now, mined Bitcoin.
The coins produced during the run have been deposited into Sterling's institutional-grade custody account with Coinbase.
The milestone marks the first time the company's integrated infrastructure has operated end-to-end, from contracted gas supply through power generation and electrical distribution to live compute output.
Data from the run is now being used to fine-tune the power-generation, distribution, control and mining systems ahead of continuous commercial operations.
Once fully commissioned, Sterling's compute fleet is expected to deliver approximately 193,500 terahashes per second of computing capacity.
"Recording our first verified Bitcoin mining output at our West Texas site is a defining operational milestone for Sterling," said chief executive Stefan Michaelides, adding that the run "provides tangible validation" of the company's vertically integrated gas-to-Bitcoin model.
Sterling said it will issue a further operational update as the commissioning programme progresses toward continuous production.
News Intelligence what this means for the company
Sterling Digital has successfully completed its first end-to-end mining run at its West Texas gas-to-Bitcoin site, producing and depositing verified Bitcoin into Coinbase custody. This validates the company's vertically integrated model—converting stranded natural gas into electricity and computing power—and marks the transition from subsystem testing to integrated operations ahead of continuous commercial production.
The company has now deposited mined bitcoin from its controlled live-load commissioning run into its institutional-grade custody account with Coinbase, moving from theoretical to operational proof of its gas-to-Bitcoin infrastructure. The milestone de-risks the path to the 193,500 terahashes-per-second capacity target and validates the five-year Gas Purchase Agreement's ability to support the 25 MW compute build.
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