How Cholla Uses LōD to Cut Costs and Unlock Mining Profit from the Grid

Challenge

Cholla is a small Bitcoin mining operator in ERCOT. Without large software teams or fixed energy contracts, they had to stay flexible to stay profitable. And that means, they needed to quickly adjust their load: turning on miners when electricity is low-cost, and shutting down when it spikes.

But the tools available weren’t built for this. They reacted too slowly and lacked the fine control Cholla needed, leaving them exposed to costly price spikes and risks of missing curtailment opportunities.

Solution: LōD’s Rails Automation

By deploying LōD’s grid-aware automation and Rails controls, Cholla gained:

• Granular control: Automated curtailment logic tailored to breakeven thresholds (e.g., off after 45 minutes at breakeven, instantly off at +50%).
  
• Speed & reliability: Commands executed onsite in under 30 seconds, far faster than competing tools.
  
• Energy program wins: With LōD’s 4CP Rails, Cholla avoided all four coincidental peaks in 2024, outperforming many other miners.
  
• Partnership support: Direct collaboration with the LōD team through Telegram, ensuring fast problem-solving and customized execution.

Results

✅ Cost savings & uptime: Cholla consistently runs only when power is cheapest, maximizing margins.
✅ Peak avoidance: 100% of ERCOT’s 4CP peaks avoided in 2024.
✅ Operational agility: Flexible, nuanced Rails logic transforms energy from an unpredictable cost into a controllable variable.
✅ Scalable partnership: LōD’s transparency and responsiveness gave Cholla the confidence to grow without adding internal dev overhead.

Quote

“The flexibility that LōD gives you on the Rails side of things is unmatched. The ability to fine-tune exactly when and how long you curtail is a super valuable tool. To build this in-house would be a monumental feat.”
— Brad Cuddy, Director of Energy Operations, Cholla

Why LōD?

Unlike siloed tools, LōD integrates operations,  energy,  and  BTC  Pool into one system.  With real-time visibility, automated decisioning, and measurable financial impact, LōD helps operators run smarter, leaner, and more profitable sites. Built for midsize mines to global-scale data centers.