Hut 8 Surges As Ex-Bitcoin Miner Gets Anthropic Deal, Google Backstop

 Hut 8 (HUT), which spun off its bitcoin-mining business to become an energy infrastructure provider, announced a deal to build a 245-megawatt data center for Anthropic in Louisiana, with potential to grow the AI infrastructure supply deal to 2,295 MW. HUT stock surged early Wednesday as it aims to retake its 50-day moving average after a recent sell-off. Google (GOOGL)…