media: Bitmain will help create a mining center with the capacity 500 MW in USA – Bits Media

The Chinese manufacturer of mining equipment Bitmain entered into a partnership with the American company Merkle Standard to create a mining infrastructure with the capacity 500 MW.

As reported by Cointelegraph with reference to Merkle Standard CEO Ruslan Zinurov, Bitmain will supply to the USA 150 000 However, the location of the new facility may become problematic in terms of logistics due to the quality of the roads and the resulting delivery difficulties.. The mining center will be powered by hydroelectric power in Washington State.

According to Zinurov, it will be “the largest green mining platform in the US”. The company also hopes to become a major employer in Eastern Washington and support local businesses..

“Thanks to the flexible characteristics of the load on the electrical network, our data center (Data center) will be an ideal consumer for local electricity suppliers. We look forward to providing further support to the local community.", – said Merkle Standard Strategy Director Josh Zappala (Josh Zappala).

The first phase of a data center with a capacity of 225 MW. For 2022 Bitmain will supply Antminer 19J Pro devices there, S19 XP и S19+ Hyd. При этом компания надеется запустить небольшие «сторонние» площадки по штату.

At the end of December, another American mining company, Marathon Digital, announced the conclusion of a contract for the largest supply of Antminer S19 XP ASIC miners.