On June 17, CleanSpark,a sustainable bitcoin mining and technology company disclosed details about the company’s purchase contract of 1800 Antminer S19 XP units as part of its ongoing infrastructure expansion plan on its official website. The machines will increase the company’s bitcoin mining capacity by more than 252 petahashes per second (PH/s).
CEO Zach Bradford of CleanSpark, Inc stated on the development:
“We were able to secure the contract at an exceptional price because of our strategic relationships and the unique circumstances that current market conditions have created. Our infrastructure-first approach has given us substantial opportunities in the face of ever-changing market conditions, ultimately positioning us to deliver incredible value to our shareholders as we continue the important work of securing the bitcoin blockchain.”
The contract was negotiated by Cryptech, a leading US-based supplier of cryptocurrency mining machines and a longtime partner of the company.
According to the contract, the Antminer S19 XP machines will arrive at CleanSpark’s facilities in August. The shipping process will continue for the next six months.
The contract also revealed that CleanSparks has also partnered with TMGcore Inc., a lending company in data centric hardware focusing on next-generation liquid immersion cooled solutions to expand its immersion-cooled infrastructure for sustainable mining.
TMGcore’s innovative immersion-cooled tanks, which are specifically engineered to boost mining machine performance while drastically lowering failure rates over time. There are 28 Antminer S19j Pro mining machines in each tank.
JD Enright, Sr., CEO of TMGcore, Inc. noted:
“Our expertise in thermal science directly translates into engineering commercial-grade solutions which will provide CleanSpark a unique advantage in sustainably mining Bitcoin.”
In December 2021, CleanSpark also disclosed that it is building North America’s first large-scale immersion-cooled data centres at its mining site in Norcross, Georgia. The datacenter’s 20 megawatts (MW) are already fully operational, with the remaining 12 MW expected later this year.
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