**[Fortitude Launches 12MW Mining Facility in Nebraska, Expands Proprietary Power Portfolio to Over 60MW]** Odaily Planet Daily News – Zcash mining company Fortitude has launched a 12-megawatt facility in Grand Island, Nebraska, USA, completing the construction of its first greenfield data center and expanding its proprietary power portfolio to seven sites, exceeding 60 megawatts. Fortitude stated that the facility has completed construction and electrical testing and is ready for commercial operation. This milestone comes ahead of Fortitude's planned public listing through a business merger with publicly traded medical technology company HeartSciences (Nasdaq: HSCS). Fortitude expects that, with successful deployment of mining machines and stable power, network, and market conditions, the facility will reduce the direct cash cost of mining Zcash from approximately $70 per coin to around $40 per coin. The company attributes the cost reduction to lower-cost proprietary power and more efficient next-generation mining machines. The facility is expected to procure electricity at approximately $0.045 per kilowatt-hour. It is located between two solar power plants and adjacent to a substation with surplus capacity. Fortitude was spun off from the Foundry mining division of Digital Currency Group in January 2025, with operations including mining Bitcoin and other proof-of-work cryptocurrencies.