Armenia aims to position itself as a Bitcoin mining hub
The post-Soviet republic took a friendly stance on crypto, but heavily relies on foreign energy. At the end of August, a digital platform called ECOS Free Economic Zone delivered good news from a country that rarely sparks on the global crypto map — Armenia. ECOS reported adding 60 megawatts (MW) of capacity to its power plant-based facility, operating since 2018. Situated at one of the hydroelectric plants on the Hrazdan river, the mining facility gets its electricity supply directly from the high-voltage grid and uses the site’s infrastructure to power containers. The platform’s....
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A new ECOS data center with a capacity of 60 MW has been launched in Armenia. Full state support for the Free Economic Zone provides unique benefits and affordable electricity for mining. In 2018, the Armenian government entrusted ECOS to create and manage a Free Economic Zone to support the development of high technologies and […]
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