How Riot Plans to Add Hashrate Without Adding Miners
Riot Blockchain plans to increase its crypto mining hashrate potentially by up to 50% through adopting 200 megawatts of immersion-cooling technology at its Whinstone facility in Texas.The technology allows the mining rigs to be submerged in a specialized fluid, which helps them operate at lower temperatures, resulting in a more efficient and stable environment, the Colorado-based miner said in a statement on Tuesday. The initial deployment of ASIC miners in the immersion-cooled buildings is expected to commence by the fourth quarter of 2021.“Based on industry data and the Company’s own preliminary immersion-cooling test results, an estimated 25% increase in hash…