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Bitdeer Names Michael Potter as CFO as It Shifts Toward AI Cloud Infrastructure

The hire brings capital-markets and hardware finance experience to steer conversion of the company’s power-heavy mining sites into higher-value AI and colocation services.

Overview

  • The board appointed Michael G. Potter as chief financial officer, a change that took effect Tuesday and gives Bitdeer a finance leader with IPO and capital-markets experience.
  • Outgoing CFO Jianchun Liu will remain in the role through June 30 and then transition to a principal advisor position, with the company saying his resignation was for personal reasons.
  • Potter’s resume includes six years as Corsair Gaming’s CFO and prior finance roles at solar and semiconductor firms, experience the company cited as relevant to chip procurement, large capital raises, and power economics.
  • Bitdeer reported rapid AI cloud growth with an annualized recurring revenue run rate near $69 million and is evaluating conversion of roughly 3 gigawatts of global power capacity for GPU/cloud and colocation work.
  • Investors gave a modest vote of confidence after the announcement as BTDR shares ticked higher to about $15.31, but execution risks remain around meeting data-center build timelines, managing capex, and shifting operating models.