Solana Labs Co-Founder Yakovenko Urges Data Centers to Pivot to Crypto

Solana Labs co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko urged data center operators to shift toward crypto in a brief X post, offering no details on the workloads or business changes he had in mind.

He wrote, “If you are in data centers, pivot to crypto.” The message appeared Tuesday, Nov. 3, at about 10:54 p.m. ET (Nov. 4, 03:54 UTC).

Data center operators provide facilities, electricity, cooling and network access for computing equipment. Yakovenko did not specify which crypto work those facilities should support or describe any business changes.

Examples of what a shift might involve include hosting blockchain nodes or building infrastructure services for crypto companies, but the post did not identify either as Yakovenko’s plan. He also did not say whether he was pointing to an opportunity available now or a trend he expects to develop later.

The post contained no accompanying thread, chart or follow-up explanation, leaving the scope of the proposed shift unstated.