# PowerCompute Expects 600 New Bitcoin (BTC) Miners to Lift Hash Rate by 10% By John Kim Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/56928 Published: 2026-11-13T17:43:55.000Z Updated: 2026-11-13T17:43:55.000Z Section: Business > The 600 S21++ machines are expected to add 80–85 PH/s by mid-December. Third-quarter BTC production rose 36% year over year, and mining margin after curtailment and energy sales was 50.7%. PowerCompute, Inc. expects 600 new S21++ miners to raise its Bitcoin (BTC) mining hash rate by about 10%, bringing it to roughly 880 petahashes per second (PH/s) by mid-December. The company paid cash for the machines in November. They are expected to add 80–85 PH/s to its hash rate. PowerCompute’s third-quarter BTC production rose 36% year over year. Its mining margin after curtailment and energy sales was 50.7%, compared with 29% in the second quarter. Secured debt remained about 94% below June levels. In September, PowerCompute used Bitcoin holdings to repay an Arch credit facility, bringing secured debt to $1.25 million in a [September debt reduction](). ## Links in this article - [September debt reduction](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/28084)