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Two injured after fire at Georgia Bitcoin mining facility
Investigation into cause of blaze ongoing
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Russia limits new cryptomining grid connections to interruptible power
Nation struggling to find capacity for new data center developments
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AIB plans 50MW AI data center at former Spartanburg cryptomine to serve Nebius
South Carolina mine closed over the summer, conversion project allowed despite local data center moratorium
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18MW Bitcoin mine proposed in Jersey County, Illinois
Eight containers planned on seven acre site
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Blockchain and crypto firm Blockmate Ventures enters neocloud market with purchase of Nvidia B200 cluster
Company has partnered with Scannit for the venture, with the latter to host the hardware in an undisclosed data center
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NIP Group agrees $27.3m Bitcoin mining hardware deal
E-sports company continues to expand Bitcoin mining efforts
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BitFuFu considers abandoning 80MW Ethiopian Bitcoin mine acquisition
Dispute between current operator and local electricity supplier could kibosh deal
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Crypto exchange Binance to close Bitcoin mining pool next month
Company tells customers to pool mining capacity elsewhere
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Soluna and Applied Digital to build 50MW data center in Texas
Companies to build on Soluna’s Dorothy 3 site, lease capacity to Applied spin-out ChronoScale
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Alcoa sells New York aluminum smelter to data center developer for $315 million
Company doesn’t name buyer, but signs point to cryptominer NYDIG
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Soluna files to build 112MW data center building in Willacy, Texas
Will span a single building totaling 471,884 sq ft
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Simple Mining buys Sphere 3D cryptomine, grows Iowa footprint to 160MW
$1.5m purchase closed on September 1
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Former Hut 8 executive takes CEO role at Fortitude Mining Holdings
Jaime Leverton assumed her new role last month
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Hyperscale Data plans Patriot BTC subsidiary for Bitcoin mining business
Will transfer Montana data center to new company
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Cipher extends Barber Lake data center lease commitments to 20 years
Fluidstack and unnamed AI lab agree lengthy leases
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Bitdeer expands Soluna mining agreement to 35MW
Builds on agreement announced in August
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Mexican authorities seize cryptomine amid suspected cartel funding links
More than 1,000 cryptomining units discovered
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Cryptominer BTC Digital could build AI data center in Vietnam
Signs MoU with local developer
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Bitcoin hosting firm Bitari files for $30m Nasdaq IPO
Will appear under the symbol BIAI
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Oklahoma cryptomine condemned after 3.8m gallon water leak
Supply was interrupted, leading to school closures
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Moscow bans cryptomining until end of 2032, citing power concerns
Cryptocurrency mining consumes approximately 1GW of power in Moscow alone
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Bitdeer buys 200 acres in Milam County, Texas, to expand AI and HPC data center
Plans to expand AI and HPC capabilities
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Hyperscale Data ends cryptomining operations at Michigan data center
In preparation for incoming neocloud customer
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Residents raise concerns over proposed 50MW data center in Hopkinsville, Kentucky
North Campbell Land Co. looking to convert its Bitcoin mining facility to AI and HPC
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Soluna acquires 397-acre plot in Briscoe County, Texas, for Project Dorothy 3 data center
Expected to have a capacity of 300MW
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Keel decommissions all US cryptomining sites ahead of AI pivot
All four US Bitcoin mining sites decommissioned
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Iren delivers first phase of AI capacity to Microsoft in Texas
More on the Horizon
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SWI Group pulls out of planned investment in German AI cloud firm Polarise
Company closes purchase of GDA, plans to launch own AI cloud