Iris Energy mining company installed 44 000 new devices – Bits Media

The Australian Mining Company Iris Energy reported, that in recent years it has almost three times increased the hashrate of its equipment. This was done thanks to the purchase 44 000 New ASIC Mainers.

The Iris Energy press release is noted, that now the general hashrate The company's equipment reaches 5.5 Eh / s, Then, until recently, the indicator was only 2 Mother / s.

Bitmain Antminer S19J Pro devices were selected to expand the business. The maximum hashrate of such a device reaches 100 Th / s, A company bought for example 44 000 devices.

As emphasized by the general director of Iris Energy Daniel Roberts (Daniel Roberts), Buying equipment "has become an important milestone for the company", Especially if you take into account the crisis in the cryptocurrency market.

Iris Energy Data Centers are located in the Canadian province of British Colombia and in the American state Texas. To buy additional equipment, the company used debt obligations by Bitmain in the amount $67 million.

Last fall, two subsidiaries of Iris Energy announced a technical default. They could not fulfill the obligations for the total amount $103 million.