Add Decrypt as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cipher Digital signed a 15-year lease agreement with an “investment-grade hyperscale tenant” for a new data center ...

News that a Korean smelter is in talks with US firms to extract rare earths viewed as ‘a structural shift … inside the global technology infrastructure economy.’ The retirement of old server equipment ...

HASTINGS, Neb. (KSNB) - A New York-based data-mining company is set to build a data center in Grand Island, and city utilities officials say the project will not add costs to ratepayers. Fortitude ...

The cryptocurrency investment firm says Bitcoin mining is being unfairly lumped with AI data centers, arguing miners act as flexible grid demand, not constant energy drains. The rapid buildout of AI ...

AI data center expansion is facing increasing local opposition over power, infrastructure and costs, echoing the resistance that once slowed Bitcoin mining. For years, Bitcoin miners expanding across ...

Bitcoin’s most recent halving took place in 2024, cutting the reward miners receive for each new block (David Pereiras/The Noun Project) ️ Add Technical.ly to Google While today’s data center ...

In June, WSJ’s Joanna Stern headed inside a data center to show just how much energy it takes to make an AI image and video. Photo: David Hall It’s harder than ever to mine bitcoin. And less ...

Cipher Mining Inc. (CIFR) recently entered the AI data center race with major deals with hyperscaler customers. The bitcoin miner is part of a group of companies transitioning from running data ...

The transaction preceded Rumble’s acquisition of Northern Data, adding to overlapping financial ties. Northern Data has reportedly sold its Bitcoin mining subsidiary, Peak Mining, to a group of ...

If you’re going online to buy some last-minute gifts this holiday season, there’s a chance the price you pay will be influenced by what’s known as “surveillance pricing.” Some retailers are using ...

One afternoon in June 2024, I stood up against the fence of a sprawling industrial facility a few miles outside of Corsicana, Texas. Over a metal gate, I watched a bright yellow excavator claw at the ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A growing number of facilities that require huge amounts of power to operate — such as crypto mining facilities — continue popping up in Texas. They’re offering the state’s power grid ...