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 ...

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 ...

Crypto mining stocks surged up to 20% on Monday, led by BitMine and Cipher Mining as Amazon announced plans to invest up to $50 billion in AI infrastructure for U.S. government agencies. Bitcoin ...

China's bitcoin mining market share rebounds to 3rd globally, Hashrate Index shows Beijing’s softening stance, cheap electricity attract crypto miners Bitcoin seen as strategic asset amid Sino-US ...

Shares of Cipher Mining surged Thursday after the data center operator announced an expansion of $830 million to its computing agreement with Fluidstack, an artificial-intelligence cloud platform.

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Bitfarms Ltd., one of the largest cryptocurrency miners, said it plans to wind down those operations over the next two years and focus on providing infrastructure to generate computing power for ...

Bitfarms is winding down its Bitcoin mining over two years to focus on AI and high-performance computing infrastructure amid falling crypto profits. Bitfarms, one of North America’s largest Bitcoin ...

Bitcoin mining costs hit a record $112.000 per BTC as network difficulty soared, squeezing miner profit margins. Major firms like Cipher, TeraWulf, and CleanSpark pivot toward AI-linked data ...

Cipher Mining priced $1.4B in senior secured notes at 7.125%, maturing in 2030. Funds will complete construction of the Barber Lake data center in Texas. The offering targets institutional buyers ...

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