Miner Weekly: AI Inherits Bitcoin Mining’s Hard Lesson – Locals Matter
As the U.S. AI data center boom accelerates, local communities are pushing back over power, water and grid costs—echoing the resistance bitcoin miners faced after 2021.
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OpenAI Joins Microsoft in Pledging Data Centers Will Not Shift Energy Costs to Residents
OpenAI said it will fully cover the energy costs associated with its rapidly expanding AI data center footprint as concerns mount over the impact of large-scale data centers on regional power grids.
Bitcoin Hashrate Slides 14% From October Peak as Difficulty Set for Moderate Pullback
Bitcoin’s seven-day average network hashrate has slipped to about 992 EH/s, down roughly 13.7% from the all-time high of above 1.15 ZH/s reached in October.
Riot Stock Jumps 12% as AMD Deal Anchors Texas AI Data Center Expansion
Shares of Riot Platforms rose about 12% on Friday after the company announced a land acquisition and long-term leasing agreement that accelerates its push into AI and HPC data center development.
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