Mining-to-AI Conversion Services

Helping Bitcoin miners pivoting to AI

Used ASIC values drop fast. Every week you wait, the fleet is worth less. ACS maximizes resale value and moves volume with storage, service, and resale under one roof.

500,000+ ASICs processed for the world’s leading mining companies

Compass Mining
Luxor
Lancium
Cipher Mining
American BTC
Giga
360 Energy
Hut 8
Rhodium

A fleet coming offline runs through six stages

They run in this order because each one needs the last. You can’t consolidate what you haven’t inspected. You can’t refurbish units that aren’t whole yet. You can’t time a market with inventory that isn’t finished.

Skip a stage or run them out of order and you redo work, or you leave money on the table. The return you get is capped by the earliest stage you skipped.

01 / 06ACS Portal · Rack inspection + AI Triage

Inspection

Unit-by-unit diagnosis. This is the stage that creates information, not sale value. The other five depend on it.

AI Triage

When a miner isn’t hashing, AI Triage reads the log captured at scan and names the root cause, citing the exact log lines as evidence. The tech sees that evidence and can reject any call.

What it produces

A real condition split, and a per-unit record that everything downstream is priced against.

ACSPortalINB-0042
Rack 1 SessionIn Progress
ROW1-1GREENHashing234 TH/s
ROW1-2GREENHashing231 TH/s
ROW1-3YELLOWHashing w/ Issues229 TH/s
ROW1-4YELLOWAIHB 1 zero ASICs156 TH/s
ROW1-5REDAIHB 0 temp sensor0 TH/s
ROW2-1BLUEOffline— TH/s
AI Triage · ROW1-4 · HB 1 zero ASICs
1198Chain[1]: find 0 asic, times 2
1199Chain 1 only find 0 asic, will power off hash board 1
02 / 06ACS Portal · Triage order

Consolidation

Whole, sellable units rebuilt from partial ones. Hashboards, control boards, PSUs, and chassis recombined across the fleet.

What it produces

Whole units, from inventory that had none.

ACSPortalORD-1137
Run lineage
Partial
1
Assembled
5
Boards moved
6
KEEPER-003Assembled
Keeper's own…A0152NKeeper's own…A0154QMoved inDONOR-003 s0
KEEPER-004Assembled
Keeper's own…A0201CMoved inDONOR-007 s1Keeper's own…A0207H
KEEPER-005Assembled
Keeper's own…A0215MKeeper's own…A0218TMoved inDONOR-007 s0
03 / 06Warehouse tracker · Manual diagnosis

Repair

Board-level repair on failed units: diagnose to the component, rework, test under load, verify.

What it produces

Working machines out of failed ones, moving units from the zero-value column to the sellable column.

ACSHB-0720 · MDT-512
Manual Diagnosis3 recorded
S21 Pro hashboard in the manual diagnosis viewer, ASIC channels A1 to A65 tagged
1
A20→A210.36 V
Pass
2
A30→A310.35 V
Pass
3
A40→A410.02 V
Fail
04 / 06Warehouse tracker · Rack QC

Refurbishment

Working units brought to sellable condition. Cleaning, thermal paste, fans, cosmetic remediation, firmware, final test.

What it produces

Units that present and perform like inventory rather than like salvage.

ACSrack-qc / RQC-104
RQC-104Pass
ReceivedDisassembledCleanedThermalsAssemblyMiner Assembly
77.1 TH/s · 96.3% of nominal · 4 hours
05 / 06ACS Portal · Warehouse Lens

Storage

Finished inventory held in a controlled facility until the right channel and the right moment.

What it produces

Timing control. Without storage, you sell on the construction calendar.

ACSPortalWarehouse Lens · TX-001
Aisle A · Rack 1Utilization 75%
A1-L4-1PAL-1488A1-L4-2EmptyA1-L4-3PAL-1502A1-L3-1PAL-1511A1-L3-2PAL-1523A1-L3-3EmptyA1-L2-1PAL-1530A1-L2-2PAL-1531A1-L2-3PAL-1532A1-L1-1PAL-1540A1-L1-2EmptyA1-L1-3PAL-1547
06 / 06ACS Marketplace · Live listing

Consignment

Units placed into the right channel, and the sale managed. Everything upstream gets the iron ready. This is where it sells.

What it produces

Realized value: the number that ends up on your side of the ledger.

ACS Marketplace listing LST-000003: Bitmain S21 Pro, sold by Advanced Circuit Services, 946 units ready to ship, with photos of the palletized miners
Chain of custodyACS Portal · Shipment load scan

One chain of custody, all the way to the truck

Every pallet is scanned and photographed as it goes onto the truck, so the record that started at inspection ends at the dock.

  • Scan Complete
  • In Storage
  • Loaded
  • Departed
  • In Transit
  • Delivered
ACSPortalSHP-1001
SHP-1001Loaded5 of 5 loaded
PAL-1534 on the dock before loading
PAL-153402:17 PM · Alex M.

Product screens show ACS software with sample data. Marketplace prices are withheld.

Before the six stages

Decommissioning & logistics

Decommissioning is where assets most often get damaged, lost, or poorly documented. The fleet has to clear the floor on the conversion schedule, not on the schedule that would maximize recovery. That pressure is what turns an orderly removal into a write-off.

ACS logistics crew loading packaged mining hardware for transport

What we do

  • Coordinated shutdown sequencing that preserves miner configuration and avoids firmware corruption
  • Professional unracking and anti-static packaging for every unit
  • Serial number and MAC address scanned at removal, matched to inventory before anything leaves the floor
  • Freight coordination across insured LTL and FTL carriers, tracked to Dallas or a destination you specify
  • Condition-noted receiving report on arrival, with any pre-existing damage flagged and photographed
  • Chain-of-custody documentation available throughout transport

What it produces

  • Your asset count stays accurate from site to warehouse
  • No weeks lost reconciling missing units, unlogged damage, or mismatched serial numbers
  • The floor clears on the conversion schedule without the fleet’s value clearing with it
  • Removal is sequenced and planned rather than improvised at the loading dock

The ACS difference

Disputes get resolved with documentation, not memory

Every asset moving through ACS logistics is tracked by serial number, photographed at packaging and again at receipt, and reconciled against the original manifest. Undocumented decommissioning is what creates the disputes that take weeks to settle. We have run large-scale decommissions across container fleets, purpose-built facilities, and temporary structures. The sequencing is planned work, not an improvised checklist.

Stages one and two

Inspection, cleaning & consolidation

Inspection decides what every later stage is worth. Consolidation, repair, and refurbishment are all scoped from its data.

A fleet that has been running for years is quietly full of partial machines. One board short. One PSU short. Cannibalized during an outage and never made whole. Records drift with the hardware. That is normal site life. It is also why inspection comes first.

ACS technician consolidating hashboards into whole miner units

What we do

  • Flying probe diagnostics on every hashboard, identifying component-level faults rather than a functional pass or fail
  • Power supply testing under load, and fan RPM measured against OEM specification
  • Firmware version and configuration logged, with custom firmware identified and flagged
  • Intake cleaning, so inspection reads true condition instead of field grime
  • Consolidation: hashboards, control boards, PSUs, and chassis from partial units recombined into working miners
  • Condition grading from A to D with a formal per-unit report, exportable, and batch reporting for large fleets

What it produces

  • Whole, sellable units built out of inventory that had none. The partial population recovers unit value instead of parts value
  • A real condition split, rather than the believed condition your records describe
  • Every decision downstream is priced against a per-unit record instead of a guess
  • What a bulk buyer knocks off for your unknowns is routinely larger than the cost of resolving them. That discount goes away once the unknowns are gone

The ACS difference

Inspection built for the repair floor

Our inspection methodology was built for the repair facility, so it produces repair-quality fault data rather than a visual grade from a cursory look. A visual grade cannot tell a dead board from a repairable one. Ours can, and the same building acts on it: the team that inspects the fleet is the team that repairs, refurbishes, stores, and sells it.

Stages three and four

Repair, repaste & refurbishment

Repair economics in a transition are not repair economics in an operating fleet. In an operating fleet you repair to restore hashrate. In a transition you repair to a resale threshold. The question is not whether a unit can be fixed. It is whether fixing it costs less than what it adds to the sale price. Refurbishment then closes the gap between a unit’s real condition and what a buyer sees.

ACS technician performing board-level hashboard repair

What we do

  • Flying probe diagnostics isolating ASIC chip failures, capacitor faults, and PCB trace damage
  • Automated ASIC removal and replacement by pick-and-place, eliminating manual error on high-density boards
  • Per-board documentation: fault identified, repair performed, test results, technician ID
  • Deep cleaning by compressed-air and ultrasonic process, clearing the dust, salt, and thermal debris that field operation leaves behind
  • Fan replacement wherever RPM has degraded below OEM spec, not only where a fan has already failed
  • Thermal paste replaced on every heatsink contact point, and firmware restored to current stable OEM
  • A 24-hour burn-in at target hashrate before any unit is graded, listed, or returned to service

What it produces

  • Failed units move from the zero-value column to the sellable column. In a retired fleet that group is rarely a rounding error, because failures accumulate toward end of life
  • Boards that other shops write off return to full specification
  • Working units stop absorbing a discount disproportionate to their actual condition
  • Units graded B or C frequently reach A classification after full refurbishment

The ACS difference

Component-level repair, and knowing where to stop

Most field repair replaces the whole board. We diagnose and repair at the component level, against fault patterns catalogued across more than 500,000 ASICs processed since 2021. That volume is what lets our diagnostic models recognize failure modes accurately at fleet scale.

The other half of the discipline is restraint. Older-generation units with poor J/TH efficiency, heavily damaged chassis, and anything carrying immersion or contamination history often cost more to bring up than the improvement returns. Knowing where to stop is part of the stage.

Stages five and six

Storage, resale & consignment

Used ASIC prices move with hashprice, difficulty, and new-hardware release cycles. Site conversion schedules move with construction and power. Those two calendars are unrelated. Without storage you sell on the construction calendar, into whatever market exists on your clearance date.

Insured climate-controlled storage at the ACS Dallas facility

What we do

  • Climate-controlled storage with temperature and humidity monitored continuously
  • Insured holding, with documented valuation at intake
  • Per-unit inventory. Serial number, model, condition grade, storage location, with live client portal access rather than manual reports
  • Timestamped intake and outbound condition photography on every unit
  • Listings carrying the ACS condition report, so buyers receive verified diagnostic data rather than self-reported grades
  • An established buyer network spanning operators, hosting providers, resellers, and institutional and international buyers
  • Managed listing process: photography, specification documentation, and buyer inquiry handling
  • Market pricing guidance drawn from current secondary market data, with proceeds settled on your timeline

What it produces

  • Timing control. You sell on the market’s calendar instead of construction’s
  • Channel matching. Retired ASICs have no single market, and matching unit to channel is the difference between a price and the best available price
  • Stored units list immediately, with no re-intake, no re-transport, and no delay between storage and sale
  • Realized value, fully documented. The number that ends up on your side of the ledger

The ACS difference

Revenue share, because the incentive question is a fair one

Consignment is structured as revenue share. If a partner tells you your fleet is worth more after their process, the fair response is that they would say that. Revenue share means our number and your number are the same number.

The same honesty applies to holding. Storage costs capital and depreciation against a curve that generally trends down, so sometimes selling immediately is the right call. A partner who always recommends holding is reading their own incentives rather than the market.

Frequently asked questions

What is Mining-to-AI Conversion Services?

Mining-to-AI Conversion Services is the ACS service line for Bitcoin mining sites converting to AI data centers. It takes the retired fleet through six stages under one contract: inspection, consolidation, repair, refurbishment, storage, and consignment.

Why do the six stages run in a fixed order?

Each one needs the last. You can’t consolidate what you haven’t inspected. You can’t refurbish units that aren’t whole yet. You can’t time a market with inventory that isn’t finished. Skip a stage or run them out of order and you redo work, or you leave money on the table.

Why does inspection come first?

Inspection decides what every later stage is worth. Consolidation, repair, and refurbishment are all scoped from its data. A visual grade cannot tell a dead board from a repairable one, so ACS inspection produces repair-quality fault data on every unit.

Is every failed unit worth repairing?

No. In a transition you repair to a resale threshold. The question is not whether a unit can be fixed. It is whether fixing it costs less than what it adds to the sale price. Older-generation units with poor J/TH efficiency, heavily damaged chassis, and anything carrying immersion or contamination history often cost more to bring up than the improvement returns.

Should a retired fleet be sold right away or stored?

It depends on the market. Used ASIC prices move with hashprice, difficulty, and new-hardware release cycles, while site conversion schedules move with construction and power. Storage lets you sell on the market’s calendar instead of construction’s. Storage also costs capital and depreciation, so sometimes selling immediately is the right call.

How is consignment structured?

Consignment is structured as revenue share. Revenue share means our number and your number are the same number.

One contract, one accountable party

The six stages exist separately in the market. Running them in sequence usually means a handoff between vendors at every step. Each handoff re-establishes chain of custody. None of them owns the outcome.

ACS is the only single-contract option that runs inspection through consignment with one accountable party. The same team that clears your floor is the team that grades, repairs, stores, and sells. That is the contrast with a chain of handoffs.