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Updated 19 April 2026 at 11:54CoinCex editorial review

Alcoa Reportedly Set to Sell Idle Smelter to Bitcoin Mining Firm NYDIG

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Aluminum producer Alcoa is close to finalizing an agreement to offload its inactive Massena East smelter to NYDIG, a Bitcoin mining operation. We are seeing a clear pattern where former US industrial facilities are being repurposed for cryptocurrency mining and AI compute infrastructure.

Alcoa is nearing a deal to sell its idle upstate New York Massena East smelter to NYDIG as US industrial sites increasingly shift toward Bitcoin mining and AI data centers.
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Alcoa Reportedly Set to Sell Idle Smelter to Bitcoin Mining Firm NYDIG