Marathon will place mining equipment on 200 MW in Texas and North Dakota – Bits Media

Marathon Digital mining company announced the signing of a transaction with the Applied Blockchain hosting services supplier, in which it is planned to place equipment with power 200 MW.

Marathon Digital will connect 66 000 previously purchased ASIC Mainers, General hashrate which will amount to 9.2. Eh / s. The devices will be located in Applied Blockchain data centers in Texas and North Dakota. Devices with total capacity will go to Texas 90 MW, and in North Dakota they will place equipment at 110 MW. At the same time, Marathon has already concluded agreements to place equipment on 54 MW.

"We believe, that they have provided themselves with the necessary power to achieve 23.3 Eh / s. truth, the equipment necessary for such indicators will be delivered only next year.”, – Marathon Chairman and CEO Fred Thiel said (Fred Thiel).

It is worth noting, that Applied Blockchain data centers are still under construction. Mining equipment is planned to begin deployment in the fourth quarter of this year, and the data centers will be fully operational only in the middle of next year.

“The demand for our hosting services remains very high, despite the volatility in the cryptocurrency markets. This tells us about the prospects of our business next year, and so on", – said Chairman and CEO of Applied Blockchain Wes Cummins (Wes Cummins).

Recall, what 11 A severe storm hit Montana on June. It is in this American state that most of Marathon Digital’s equipment is located. And even by the end of the month the company was unable to return the devices to operation due to lack of electricity.