Hut 8 Corp. (HUT)

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read together with our Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and the related notes and the other financial information included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report and with our Audited Consolidated Financial Statements included in our Annual Report. This discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual business, financial condition, and results of operations could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including those discussed below and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report and in the Annual Report, particularly under “Item 1A. Risk Factors.” See also “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.” Our historical results are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for any period in the future.

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Business Overview

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Hut 8 is an energy infrastructure platform integrating power, digital infrastructure, and compute at scale to fuel next-generation, energy-intensive technologies such as AI, high-performance computing, and ASIC compute. The Company develops, commercializes, and operates industrial-scale energy and data center infrastructure through a power-first, innovation-driven approach.

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Q2 2026 Highlights

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The second lease fully contracts the Beacon Point campus, bringing Beacon Point’s total contracted critical IT capacity to 704 MW (approximately 1 GW utility capacity). Together, the two leases represent approximately $19.6 billion of aggregate base contract value and $1.31 billion of expected average annual NOI, with potential aggregate contract value of approximately $50.2 billion if all renewal options are exercised.

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Key Factors Affecting Our Performance

Power constraints

Access to energy is a key factor affecting our ability to meet growing demand for high performance computing (“HPC”), artificial intelligence (“AI”), and application specific integrated circuit (“ASIC”) compute and to scale our digital infrastructure platform. Power is the foundation of our operations. We acquire, develop, and manage critical energy assets such as interconnects, powered land, and other electrical infrastructure to address the load demands of energy-intensive applications. As competition for power intensifies, our performance depends on originating, commercializing, and optimizing energy capacity at scale. We believe our experience in power origination, infrastructure design, and load optimization positions us to manage these constraints and support continued growth. Our portfolio currently provides access to competitively priced electrical power in the regions where we operate; however, there is no guarantee that we will be able to procure additional power on similar terms, or at all. Market prices for power, capacity, and ancillary services are unpredictable and tend to fluctuate substantially. See “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Business and Operations—We are subject to risks associated with our need for significant electrical power” in the Annual Report.

Expansion into AI infrastructure services and other energy-intensive use cases

A key factor affecting our performance is our ongoing expansion into AI infrastructure services and other energy-intensive use cases. We are leveraging our existing development and operational expertise to develop data centers that support specialized workloads for enterprise and hyperscale customers and other next-generation, energy-intensive use cases. Success in this area depends on various factors, including our ability to develop future sites, manage construction and delivery schedules, secure and retain customers, manage capital efficiently, and compete effectively in emerging technology markets. While this expansion may increase operating and capital costs and expose us to execution and market risks, management believes our experience in power origination, development, and management in large-scale digital infrastructure development position us to capture long-term growth opportunities in the evolving AI sector and other next-generation, energy-intensive use cases.

Price of Bitcoin

While we are migrating towards less volatile, lower cost-of-capital businesses, such as data centers, our current financials remain heavily dependent on the price of Bitcoin, which has historically experienced significant volatility. Our exposure is driven primarily by the Bitcoin held on our consolidated balance sheet, including Bitcoin held directly by us and American Bitcoin in our respective strategic reserves. In addition, our consolidated results reflect American Bitcoin’s activities as a Bitcoin accumulation platform and its strategy of purchasing and holding Bitcoin. Lastly, we generate revenue from Bitcoin rewards that are earned through mining operations at our facilities, the majority of which are conducted through American Bitcoin.

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Under ASU 2023-08, Intangibles—Goodwill and Other—Crypto Assets (Subtopic 350-60): Accounting for and Disclosure of Crypto Assets (“ASU 2023-08”), Bitcoin is revalued at fair value at the end of each reporting period, with changes in fair value recognized in net income. As a result, fluctuations in Bitcoin prices may impact our consolidated financial performance, including mark-to-market adjustments on Bitcoin, but do not reflect changes in our core operating performance.

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Bitcoin network difficulty and hashrate

Our consolidated business is not only impacted by the volatility in Bitcoin prices, but American Bitcoin is also affected by increases in the competition for Bitcoin production, specifically for ASIC compute. This increased competition is described as the network hashrate resulting from the growth in the overall quantity and quality of miners working to solve blocks on the Bitcoin blockchain, and the difficulty index associated with the secure hashing algorithm employed in solving the blocks. Increased difficulty reduces the mining proceeds of the equipment proportionally and eventually requires Bitcoin miners like American Bitcoin, to upgrade their equipment to remain profitable and compete effectively with other miners. Conversely, a decline in network hashrate results in a decrease in difficulty, increasing mining proceeds and profitability.

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Block reward and halving

The current Bitcoin reward for solving a block is 3.125 Bitcoin. The Bitcoin network is programmed such that the Bitcoin block reward is halved every 210,000 blocks mined, or approximately every four years. This reduction in reward spreads out the release of Bitcoin over a long period of time as fewer Bitcoin are mined with each halving event. Bitcoin halving events impact the number of Bitcoin that we mine, including through American Bitcoin which, in turn, may have a potential impact on our results of operations. The last halving event occurred in April 2024, and the next halving event is expected to occur in 2028.

Key Performance Indicators

In addition to our financial results and generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”) financial measures, we use certain key performance indicators to evaluate our business, identify trends, and make strategic decisions. Certain Key Performance Indicators for the prior period were reclassified to align with updated definitions.

The following table presents our key performance indicators, which are rounded, as of June 30, 2026 and 2025.

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Energy Capacity Under Diligence

Energy Capacity Under Diligence represents greenfield opportunities identified for large-load use cases such as AI, HPC, ASIC compute, industrial applications such as next-generation manufacturing, and other energy-intensive technologies. At this stage, we generally invest limited development capital, representing an immaterial portion of the project’s anticipated total development cost, to assess a site’s potential by engaging with utilities, landowners, power generators, local, state and regulatory bodies, and other stakeholders to evaluate critical factors, including power availability, infrastructure readiness, fiber connectivity, and overall commercial viability. We monitor Energy Capacity Under Diligence to assess the breadth of our pipeline of potential development sites and to prioritize the allocation of development resources among them. Energy Capacity Under Diligence as of June 30, 2026, was 5,400 MW compared to 5,170 MW as of June 30, 2025. The net increase reflects the addition of newly identified sites, partially offset by the advancement of certain sites into other development categories and the removal of sites that no longer met our strategic, commercial, infrastructure, or regulatory criteria.

Energy Capacity Under Exclusivity

Energy Capacity Under Exclusivity represents sites where we have secured site control and completed a suitable power study indicating a viable path to the power and infrastructure required for deployment. We monitor Energy Capacity Under Exclusivity to assess the inventory of sites available for near-term advancement into development as commercial demand and capital availability warrant. Energy Capacity Under Exclusivity was 1,880 MW as of June 30, 2026, compared with approximately 2,040

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Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read together with our consolidated financial statements and the related notes and the other financial information included elsewhere in this Annual Report. This discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual business, financial condition, and results of operations could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including those discussed below and elsewhere in this Annual Report, particularly under “Item 1A. Risk Factors.” See also “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.” Our historical results are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for any period in the future.

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Business Overview

Hut 8 is an energy infrastructure platform that integrates power, digital infrastructure, and compute at scale to fuel next-generation, energy-intensive use cases. We take a power-first, innovation-driven approach to developing, commercializing, and operating the critical infrastructure that underpins the breakthrough technologies of today and tomorrow. As of December 31, 2025, our platform spanned 1,020 megawatts of energy capacity under management across 15 sites in the United States and Canada: five ASIC compute, hosting, and managed services sites in Alberta, New York, and Texas, five cloud and colocation data centers in British Columbia and Ontario, four power generation assets in Ontario,  and one non-operational site in Alberta; 330 megawatts of energy under construction at one site in Louisiana; 1,230 megawatts of energy capacity under development across three sites in Texas and Illinois; 1,755 megawatts of energy capacity under exclusivity; and 5,185 megawatts of energy capacity under diligence. Of this capacity, approximately 310 megawatts is associated with the four power generation assets we divested in Q1 2026.

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2025 Highlights

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Key Factors Affecting Our Performance

Power constraints

Access to energy is a key factor affecting our ability to meet growing demand for HPC, AI, and ASIC compute and to scale our digital infrastructure platform. Power is the foundation of our operations. We acquire, develop, and manage critical energy assets such as interconnects, powered land, and other electrical infrastructure to address the load demands of energy-intensive applications. As competition for power intensifies, our performance depends on originating, commercializing, and optimizing energy capacity at scale. We believe our experience in power origination, infrastructure design, and load optimization positions us to manage these constraints and support continued growth. Our portfolio currently provides access to competitively priced electrical power in the regions where we operate; however, there is no guarantee that we will be able to procure additional power on similar terms, or at all. Market prices for power, capacity, and ancillary services a

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