Georgia on my mine: Bitmain brings 56K Bitcoin miners to the state
The $62 million deal is expected to generate $10 million in monthly revenue for ISW Holdings. Chinese mining hardware giant Bitmain will be bringing 56,000 of its latest Antminers to the southeastern U.S. state of Georgia.The influx of mining rigs is part of a three-way deal between Nevada-based tech firm ISW Holdings, crypto mining datacenter Bit5ive, and Bitmain. The total cost of the hardware deployment will be around $62 million according to ISW and is expected to generate monthly revenue of $10 million when running at full capacity.ISW Holdings has already parted with $6 million....
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