US mining companies are receiving fewer devices due to supply crisis – Bits Media

The global shortage of semiconductors and the supply crisis have also affected American miners - several large mining companies cannot receive purchased equipment.

Riot Blockchain, operating data centers in Texas, should have received 2 000 Bitmain AntMiner S19J Pro devices at the end of September and more 4 000 - early October. However, the total number of ASIC miners has currently increased only by 1 624 and amounts to 27 270. In November the volume of deliveries should be 11 500 devices, however, the likelihood of receiving the equipment in full is not high.

The Canadian company Bitfarms has a similar situation.. Chinese mining hardware manufacturer Bitmain is to supply Bitfarms 7 230 ASIC miners from September to December. However, at the moment the mining company has received only 2 869 devices.

Marathon Digital bought a huge batch of ASIC miners from Bitmain and was supposed to receive 111 416 devices until June 2022 of the year. I.e, approximately by 11 000 devices monthly. However, during September the Chinese manufacturer delivered only 5 400 units of equipment.

“In October we started booking charter flights to deliver our equipment, to reduce the impact of the crisis in global supply chains on our growth. Thanks to this, the average equipment delivery time has decreased by 50% compared to September. As long as it remains economically justified, we will continue to book charter flights", - says in
Marathon statement.

Despite problems with equipment supplies, The network hashrate of the first cryptocurrency was able to recover after falling in the summer of this year.