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<p><a href="https://ultramining.com/news/en/riot-platforms-to-boost-efficiency-with-midas-immersion-coolings/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Riot</a> Platforms' Bitcoin mining facility in Corsicana, <a href="https://ultramining.com/news/en/texas-residents-challenge-bitcoin-mining-industrys-impact-on-power-grid-and-communities/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Texas</a>, is poised to become the largest of its kind in the world, but the scale of its energy consumption is raising serious concerns. Once completed, the facility will draw up to one gigawatt (GW) of power—enough to supply <a href="https://ultramining.com/news/en/minnesota-man-faces-accusations-of-electricity-theft-for-bitcoin-mining/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">electricity</a> to hundreds of thousands of homes. This has sparked debates about the strain such operations will place on the state’s energy grid, which is already under pressure from growing demand in both cryptocurrency mining and artificial intelligence <a href="https://ultramining.com/news/en/crypto-miners-shift-gears-ai-is-the-new-gold-rush/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">data centers</a>. Texas Governor Greg Abbott has been a vocal supporter of cryptocurrency mining, inviting miners to take advantage of the state’s energy market. However, Riot’s facility is set to use significant amounts of electricity, and its potential impact on grid reliability is being questioned. In periods of high demand, miners are expected to shut down operations to help stabilize the grid, but critics argue that the mere presence of such a power-hungry facility could exacerbate existing vulnerabilities. <strong>With the Texas grid needing to expand from 85 GW to 150 GW in capacity over the next six years, the long-term sustainability of large-scale mining projects like Riot’s remains in doubt</strong></p>

Riot’s Texas Bitcoin Mine to Consume 1 GW of Power, Sparking Energy Concerns

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