US EditionNew York Bitcoin Miners Are Buying up Power Plants—and Communities Are Fighting Back
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The constant noise from a mining facility in Paraguay affects residents, who suffer serious sleep problems. Read more
New York bitcoin miners are buying up power plants—and communities are fighting back
Read the full story at Inside Climate News. New York is home to four of the largest bitcoin mines in the country, which consume huge quantities of electric power and water to cool their server farms, emit loud humming noises around the clock and flood the atmosphere with copious greenhouse gases and pollutants. In many … Continue reading New York bitcoin miners are buying up power plants—and communities are fighting back
In South America, Paraguay is a paradise of cheap energy for cryptocurrency but a hell for people who live near Bitcoin mining farms with the constant buzz of fans that cool the computers of data centers.
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