Texas miners voluntarily reduced the load on the mains under the threat of a snow storm – Bits Media

Texas mining companies have announced, what with 3 February radically reduce the load on the energy system in anticipation of an abnormal winter storm.

The co -founder and general director of the Texas mining company RHODIUM Nathan Nichols said in Twitter, that miners strive to give power engineers the opportunity to calmly involve reserve capacities for heating dwellings.

A year ago, such a natural disaster left without light 4.5 million residential buildings and enterprises. Winter snow storm, A rare phenomenon for the southern state, Then he carried away life 246 Human, And the general damage to the region compiled $200 billion.

One of the largest mining companies in North America Riot Blockchain announced, that has already reduced the energy consumption of equipment of her Texas farm WhinStone by 98-99%.

“We will continue to reduce the load, Until the risk of an extreme situation disappears ", – said the Communications Director Riot Tristin Paifer.

The large company Compute North is ready to join WhinSton, providing his data centers Texas miners.

The actions of miners are supervised by the Council on the reliability of the power supply of Texas (ERCOT). The authorities have already promised some companies budget payments to compensate for losses.

Recall, At the end of January, the governor of Texas Greg Ebbot said, that the state needs to attract more miners to the region and stimulate bitcoin mining to stabilize the energy system in the region.