Energy Transition

Bitcoin mining boom could be disaster for green energy, warns expert

‘Crypto-mining is consuming energy on a level on par with everything else that has come out of modern technology’

A Bitcoin mining data centre, the type of which has sprung up all over Texas.
A Bitcoin mining data centre, the type of which has sprung up all over Texas.Foto: Wikimedia Commons
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Published 31 January 2024, 13:31Updated 5 February 2024, 15:23
Wood MackenzieUSNorth America