A mining center with a capacity of 100 MW

The governor of Buryatia Alexei Tsydenov allocated Betriver-B company a plot in Muhorshibir with an area 5.5 hectares for the construction of a data center with power 100 MW. The data center will also engage in Bitcoin mining.

Buryatia and Irkutsk region became very popular among mining companies thanks to the fraternal hydroelectric power station, which provides access to cheap electricity. As part of the construction of the data center, who will become a resident of the territory of advanced development, It is planned to launch a full -fledged transformer substation.

The project of the mining center was submitted by the President’s envoy in the Far Eastern Federal District Yuri Trutnev. The project will attract investment in the amount 691 million rubles, And also give work 100 local residents.

In addition to mining cryptocurrencies in the center, equipment for working with blockchain will be placed in the center, big data, Internet of things and cloud services. Expected, that the construction and launch of the center will take a year, However, it is first necessary to carry out design and survey work.

Recently reported, that Minespot plans to launch a mining center in Kodinsk. The power of the new data center should achieve 160 MW, what will make him the largest center for cryptocurrency mining in Russia. Besides, In Norilsk, a mining farm with power was launched 11.2 MW.