A Dogecoin-focused cryptominer is looking to develop its own data centers and potentially host AI customers.In April, Nasdaq-listed Shuttle Pharmaceutical Holdings, Inc. entered into a definitive all-stock merger agreement to acquire United Dogecoin Inc. to make the Dogecoin-focused miner a wholly owned subsidiary of Shuttle.With an $11 million private investment in public equity investment alongside the merger, United is acquiring up to 3,000 new mining rigs.The company last week said those AlphaPex DG1+ miners will be live within 60 days. This will be United’s first mining operation.United said it has secured a site to deploy the ASIC rigs, with hydroelectric capacity available for $0.064 per kilowatt-hour. Full details of the site haven’t been shared.“We are quickly ramping up operations on our path to becoming the largest Dogecoin miner by hashrate,” said Ryan Trasolini, co-chief executive officer of Shuttle and founder of United Dogecoin. “In approximately 60 days, our miners are expected to be online, leveraging renewable power and establishing a foundation for future growth.”The first miners will be housed at a hosted site with a third party, but the company said it has initiated an evaluation of proprietary data center and power generation opportunities to self-host its mining gear.United said it is evaluating opportunities to secure behind-the-meter power generation assets in Idaho in the US and Alberta, Canada.“The company believes that both Idaho and Alberta’s competitive power market, favourable climate conditions, and growing energy infrastructure make it an attractive jurisdiction for digital asset mining and high-performance computing applications,” the company said. “It also believes that both regions offer access to low-cost natural gas, renewable generation assets, and a regulatory framework supportive of industrial power development.”The crypto firm noted that as well as hosting its own equipment, the company could host third parties at these proprietary sites, both for mining as well as AI and HPC.United co-CEO Trasolini was reportedly one of the founding shareholders of US Bitcoin Corp, which was later merged with Hut 8 and spun out again as American Bitcoin.“Our objective is to build a durable digital infrastructure platform rather than simply operate mining equipment,” Trasolini added. “Ownership of power and data center infrastructure has the potential to improve operating economics, increase strategic flexibility, and create future opportunities in AI and high-performance computing. We believe these jurisdictions offer some of the most compelling environments in North America for this strategy.”Shuttle is a healthcare-focused software firm that owns a pharmaceutical software platform for molecular discovery and early-stage drug development.Dogecoin is easier to mine than Bitcoin, but its value is far lower. Another Dogecoin-focused miner – Z Squared – last year merged with a biopharmaceutical firm and is planning to deploy mining equipment and develop sites to host AI companies in parallel.