Bitmain Reveals Plans for Major Bitcoin Mining Data-Center in Northwestern China

Beijing-based Bitcoin ASIC hardware producer and mining giant, Bitmain, announced on November 5 that it’s in the process of building a major data center complex in the northwest of China. The company says the facility will be capable of consuming up to 135 megawatts of power and is set to become the second largest data center in the world.
According to a press release published by Bitmain:
‘[The facility] is specially designed for high-performance computing and, considering the interest of most investors in the data center, mining of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin will be its major application.’

This post was published at Bitcoin Magazine on Nov 10, 2016.