TAMPA, Fla., June 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LM Funding America, Inc. (Nasdaq: LMFA) (“LM Funding” or the “Company”), a Bitcoin treasury and mining company, today announced a strategic expansion into high-performance computing (“HPC”) and artificial intelligence (“AI”) infrastructure. The Company has ordered its initial AI GPU server hardware for this AI-HPC business expansion for deployment at its Oklahoma facility and is actively marketing its available power capacity at both of its facilities to qualified AI co-location and power hosting customers with additional capacity to follow as demand follows. The expansion leverages LM Funding’s 26 megawatts of wholly-owned, operational power infrastructure, which was built in fifteen months, is operated without outside management, and is currently carrying average power costs of approximately $0.046 per kilowatt-hour. 26 Megawatts. Fifteen Months. Built From Scratch. LM Funding built its power infrastructure from zero to 26 wholly-owned megawatts in approximately fifteen months. The Company acquired and developed its Oklahoma facility in December 2024 and then in September 2025 acquired an underutilized facility from Greenidge Generation in Columbus, Mississippi — a site the Company has since expanded and optimized. Both facilities are operated entirely under LM Funding’s control, with power costs averaging approximately $0.046 per kilowatt-hour, which the Company believes is among the most competitive in the sector. The Company currently operates approximately 22 megawatts of its capacity in active Bitcoin mining operations. All or a part of the Company’s megawatts are immediately addressable for AI-HPC deployment — available now for co-location, power hosting, or direct GPU compute operations, with the additional Bitcoin mining infrastructure to be quickly transitioned for AI-HPC requirements to the extent needed. LM Funding is actively marketing this capacity and welcomes inquiries from qualified counterparties. The Company is additionally in discussions with its Oklahoma power provider regarding a potential capacity expansion of between 10 and 50 megawatts, subject to load studies and related assessments. LM Funding also continues to evaluate additional power site acquisitions with the objective of accumulating low-cost power assets that can be operated as Bitcoin mines and transitioned to AI as demand and infrastructure solutions mature. The AI Compute Market Came to Our Sites The Company believes that the defining constraint in AI infrastructure is no longer floor space or fiber — it is power. Industry analysts increasingly describe a “power-first deployment strategy” as the emerging model: modular GPU infrastructure deployed directly where low-cost, operational power already exists, enabling time-to-revenue measured in months rather than years. The Company believes that LM Funding’s Oklahoma and Mississippi facilities are well suited for this model. The same attributes that define a high-quality Bitcoin mining operation — owned power, low and stable energy costs, operational infrastructure, and room to scale — are precisely what the AI compute market is seeking. New modular and containerized data center technologies are making GPU deployment viable at sites like LM Funding’s for the first time, and the Company believes the convergence of this infrastructure technology with accelerating customer demand creates a timely and compelling opportunity for operators with the Company’s profile. First Steps: Hardware Ordered, Mississippi Capacity Available Now As an initial and deliberate step, LM Funding has ordered GPU server hardware incorporating NVIDIA professional-grade graphics processing units for deployment at its Oklahoma facility. Upon deployment, this system will be listed on a GPU compute marketplace to generate early revenue and — equally important — to build the operational knowledge, unit economics, and staff capability the Company needs to execute at larger scale. The Company views this initial deployment as a proof of concept: real hardware, real workloads, and real data about what it takes to operate GPU infrastructure at its sites. Simultaneously, LM Funding is marketing up to 10 megawatts of currently available capacity to qualified counterparties for AI co-location and power hosting. This capacity is operational, energized, and available now. Qualified parties interested in the Company's available capacity are invited to contact KCSA Strategic Communications using the investor contact information below. LM Funding is also evaluating modular and containerized data center solutions designed specifically for the conversion of existing power infrastructure to GPU compute workloads. Management is engaged with emerging vendors in this space and intends to position itself to move quickly when and if the right infrastructure solution is available. LM Funding’s objective is to own and operate its AI-HPC infrastructure directly — delivering compute fr