AgriFORCE says it launched a site that uses stranded gas to power 120 Bitcoin mining rigs and will expand to two additional sites in Canada.
Canadian agricultural firm AgriFORCE Growing Systems Ltd. has launched an initiative to use stranded gas to power 120 Bitcoin mining rigs, which the company says it plans to expand.
The site, located in Berwyn, Alberta, and launched in partnership with energy provider BlueFlare Energy, draws in 425 kilowatts (kW) for 32 petahashes per second (PH/s) of computing power, AgriFORCE said on Tuesday.
The site will use so-called stranded gas, natural gas that can’t be immediately taken to market as it’s either not economically viable to mine or can’t be physically reached by the equipment needed to extract it.
