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		thelastgallon 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: We Found the Hidden Cost of Data Centers. It's in ... Also, crypto helps! Texas paid bitcoin miner Riot $31.7 million to shut down during heat wave in August: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/06/texas-paid-bitcoin-miner-rio... Two of the biggest bitcoin mining companies in the world are battling it out in a Texas town of 5,600 people: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/31/bitcoin-mining-giants-bitdee... Cryptocurrency Mining in Texas: https://earthjustice.org/feature/cryptocurrency-mining-texas Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37516498

ethagknight 4 months ago [–]

Texas had to pay a bitcoin miner to shave load... that hurts, not helps? Helping would be a mandatory brownout for excessive users.

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