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A report from Data Center Dynamics (via Techspot) says Talen Energy, a US power company, plans on building a 300MW crypto mining facility and data center next to its nuclear Susquehanna Steam Electric Station in Pennsylvania.
The business responsible for the crypto mining operation, Cumulus Coin, is a subsidiary of Talen Energy and expects the project to come online in the spring of 2022, with the first phase of development having 164MW of capacity. The goal is to have at least 300MW of onsite power by completion and the ability to expand to 1GW capacity in the future.
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In Pennsylvania, Talen Energy will build a hyperscalecryptocurrency mining facility adjacent to its nuclear plant in Luzerne County, Data Center Dynamics reports.
Nearby in Ohio, cryptocurrency infrastructure operator Standard Power announced a deal to power its facilities with nuclear energy for the next five years. Between them, the two nuclear mining hubs will be able to house almost 200 megawatts of computing power comparable with the world’s largest data center campuses.
These projects reflect the growing appeal of nuclear power as a way to fulfill the seemingly insatiable power demand of cryptocurrency mining operations, which are essentially just data centers used to perform complex calculations that verify blockchain transactions and create digital currencies.
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Cryptocurrency mining is going nuclear in the home of America s first capital. Data Center Dynamics today reported that Talen Energy plans to establish a nuclear-powered mining operation and data center that will have up to 300MW of on-site power when it s finished, sometime after 2Q 2022.
The mining operation and data center will be built next to the company s Susquehanna Steam Electric Station in Pennsylvania, according to the report, and Talen Energy could eventually triple its capacity to 1GW of on-site power.
The facility s power capacity would grow in stages. It s expected to have 164MW of capacity supported by dual 1+GW nuclear units and two independent substations when the first phase of development is complete, Data Center Dynamics reported.
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