Ionic Digital lists on Nasdaq at $2.4B, biggest direct listing since 2021
What's the deal? Ionic DigitalDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, a data center operator formed from the assets of bankrupt Celsius Mining, began trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol IOND. Its reference price was set at $53, giving the company a market value of $2.4 billion — the largest direct listing since 2021.
Why a direct listing? The company chose a direct listing rather than a traditional IPO, meaning there was no firm commitment offering and no underwriters. J.P. Morgan served as financial advisor, and the opening price will be set by buy and sell orders in the Nasdaq opening auction.
Why now? Ionic Digital emerged from the bankruptcy of Celsius Mining in January 2024 and has since pivoted from bitcoin mining toward powered data center infrastructure. It holds nearly $2 billion in long-term lease commitments, giving it a base to take public.
What's the endgame? The Washington, DC-based company develops and monetizes powered data center assets. Its flagship 234MW facility in Ward County, Texas, is leased to global hyperscaler Nscale under a 126-month triple-net agreement.
Ionic Digital also runs residual bitcoin mining at smaller sites in Reagan and Glasscock Counties, Texas, and holds a bitcoin treasury it plans to deploy for growth.
The signal: Ionic Digital's debut reflects how demand for AI compute is reshaping old crypto-mining assets into leased data center capacity — and shows public markets are again willing to back digital infrastructure at scale.
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