Publicly listed bitcoin mining company Bitdeer is preparing to manufacture its mining equipment in the United States, a move shaped by U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade policies.
Report: Bitdeer Eyes US Bitcoin Mining Rig Production as Industry Navigates Tariff Uncertainty
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Trump’s Tariffs Push Bitdeer Toward Self-Mining and American-Made Bitcoin Miners
Facing the Trump administration’s tariffs, bitcoin mining rig producers are recalibrating their operational strategies. As reported by Bloomberg and Jeff LaBerge, Bitdeer’s head of capital markets and strategic initiatives, the firm intends to sidestep the trade barriers through two key approaches: self-mining and domestic hardware production.
“Our plan going forward is to prioritize our own self-mining,” said LaBerge. In practice, this means Bitdeer will rely on its in-house mining machines to generate bitcoin ( BTC) independently. Most application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) bitcoin miners are manufactured in China and Southeast Asia, though firms like Microbt and Bitmain have begun expanding operations within the U.S.
Meanwhile, domestic competitor Auradine is already producing proprietary ASIC bitcoin miners in the United States. In his comments to Bloomberg, LaBerge shared that Bitdeer (Nasdaq: BTDR) will commence U.S.-based manufacturing in the latter half of 2025. “This is something we’ve been planning for a long time,” LaBerge stated. “We want to bring jobs and manufacturing back to America.”
LaBerge added that the broader mining sector remains uncertain about how the tariff structure will unfold. “The entire industry is trying to get clarity on how these tariffs might apply,” he explained. The announcement trails Bitdeer’s recent SEAL03 wafer testing, which the company says achieves an energy efficiency rating of 9.7 joules per terahash (J/TH).
