Luxor Technology Corporation has expanded its LuxOS firmware to support MicroBT Whatsminer series miners and secured a term sheet for a strategic investment from MicroBT, paired with a $100 million hardware purchase commitment.
Key Takeaways:
Luxor Technology expanded LuxOS firmware to MicroBT Whatsminer miners, covering select M50 series models. MicroBT’s investment manager ITL signed a term sheet alongside a $100M Luxor hardware purchase commitment. Whatsminer fleets gain Power Targeting and faster curtailment recovery, with broader model support planned. Luxor Extends LuxOS to MicroBT’s Whatsminer M50 SeriesWhatsminer miners running LuxOS gain access to Power Targeting, Advanced Thermal Management, safe rapid curtailment, and faster ramp-up times, the company said. Power Targeting delivers consistent performance across individual machines, making infrastructure planning more predictable at scale.
Lauren Lin, Head of Hardware and Software at Luxor, said clients had been requesting Whatsminer firmware support for years. “We have shipped a product that is going to help deliver significant profitability and usability benefits,” Lin said, adding that Luxor welcomes MicroBT as a strategic investor.
Dr. Yang, CEO and co-founder of MicroBT, called Luxor a trusted global partner and said MicroBT is taking a strategic position to support Luxor’s continued growth through the hardware partnership.
Luxor is rolling out LuxOS for Whatsminer in phases, onboarding operations directly to maintain deployment quality. The company did not disclose a timeline for expanding beyond the M50 series, but said the full list of supported models is available at docs.luxor.tech.
