Compass Mining
One-stop Bitcoin mining platform for miner procurement and hosting
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About Compass Mining
Compass Mining is a Bitcoin mining infrastructure and hosting service provider. Its core business is to enable individuals and institutions to easily purchase ASIC miners and host them in professional facilities, while offering logistics, repair, and site management services. According to its website, it currently manages about 160 MW of hashrate capacity across more than 20 facilities in North America, with a 95% uptime guarantee; if uptime falls below that threshold, hosting credits are issued as compensation.
The market pain point is that Bitcoin mining has long been opaque, making it difficult for individual miners to access industrial-grade electricity, maintenance, and low fees. Compass addresses these issues by integrating facilities, centralizing procurement, and partnering with mining pools. In the past six months, in April 2026, it partnered with SpiderPool to offer a 1% FPPS pool fee, well below the common 4%, significantly reducing customer mining costs. In August 2026, some facilities experienced power curtailment, causing temporary miner downtime, but the team responded promptly and compensated affected customers under the 95% uptime guarantee. Overall, Compass is expanding low-cost mining access while dealing with operational challenges.
Compass Mining has focused on two strategic tracks over the past six months: optimizing Bitcoin mining services and expanding into AI infrastructure.
In mining operations, Compass partnered with SpiderPool to offer customers a 1% pool fee on FPPS payment methods, a 75% reduction from the standard rate. This move aims to improve miner profitability during a period of low hashprice. The company also published monthly mining reports covering hardware profitability and network difficulty trends.
On the AI front, Compass's long-term partner CM Global Services (CMGS) launched Project Santos, a 50MW AI data center campus in the ERCOT South grid region. The project will be delivered in two phases: a 7MW Tier III facility targeting Q1 2027 completion, followed by a 43MW expansion. CMGS will operate as a GPU-as-a-Service platform, securing NVIDIA GB300 Blackwell GPUs for dedicated, single-tenant, or multi-tenant compute offerings.
Looking ahead, Compass's stated direction is to maintain its core Bitcoin mining services while methodically building infrastructure expertise for AI inference workloads. The company emphasizes transparency through weekly facility updates and monthly industry reports, positioning itself as a bridge between traditional mining operations and emerging AI compute demand.
Co-founders and current key executives of Compass Mining:
Paul Gosker – Co-founder & CTO. Previously involved in mining operations and technology development.
Whit Gibbs – Founder. Led company strategy and business development since inception.
Thomas Heller – Co-founder & CMO. Responsible for marketing and brand growth.
Shanon Squires – Chief Mining Officer. Oversees mining infrastructure and operations.
Note: CJ Burnett (CRO) is also listed on TheOrg, but not specified as co-founder or in the provided reference list.