Bitcoin mining agency CleanSpark has introduced the beginning of building on a website in Washington, Georgia, set to accommodate 16,000 miners, which might carry the corporate’s hash charge whole to as excessive as 8.7 EH/s.
The positioning, which CleanSpark announced the acquisition of in 2022, would contribute to a further 2.2 EH/s of hash charge for the corporate. The enlargement is estimated to value practically $16 million based on the press launch despatched to Bitcoin Journal.
“The mining machine fleet on the new section will include Antminer S19j Professional and Antminer S19 XP fashions, the latest and most power-efficient fashions of bitcoin mining machines obtainable at the moment,” states the discharge.
“After we bought the Washington website in August, we had been assured about our means to rapidly develop, including this 50MW to the present 36MW of infrastructure,” Zach Bradford, CleanSpark’s CEO commented. “This second section greater than doubles the scale of the present operation. We’re trying ahead to increasing our relationship with the Washington Metropolis group and to have the ability to assist the development jobs that may include this enlargement.”
Scott Garrison, vp of enterprise growth on the agency, highlighted how the location “makes use of primarily low-carbon sources of energy, employs latest technology tech, and is among the many most power-efficient and sustainable bitcoin mining operations.”
Regardless of the latest wider downturn within the mining business, CleanSpark has seen a exceptional enlargement from simply 2.1 EH/s in January 2022, to six.2 EH/s in December 2022. This enlargement, alongside another site buildout in Sandersville, Georgia, is ready to proceed that speedy progress within the coming 12 months.
