An electrician checks voltages and amperages on cryptocurrency computer mining rigs at cryptocurrency mining facility in the United States. A Dunedin software engineer says Contact Energy needs to be more upfront if a planned data centre near the foot of Clyde Dam would be dedicated to cryptocurrency mining. PHOTO: TNSLate last month Contact Energy announced plans for a data centre to be constructed in the shadow of one of its prime assets, the Clyde Dam. Software engineer Oscar McNoe of Dunedin says the company behind a planned data centre near Clyde appears to be heavily if not solely dedicated to cryptocurrency mining. The agreement signed with Lake Parime was for Contact to supply 10MW of renewable electricity to operate the planned low-emissions data centre.

Source: Otago Daily Times September 10, 2021 16:30 UTC