Moonlite have agreed to launch a mining centre in Iceland. It will work on wind energy
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a Sharp increase in electricity consumption in the centers of the mining of cryptocurrencies might lead to a shortage of electricity in residential buildings of Iceland. This was in February, said the representative of the local generating company HS Orka Johann Snorri Sigurbergsson. For this reason, the country will soon have to refuse the miners in the devices, he said. Startup Moonlite found a way to circumvent the restrictions — the company has developed a system based on artificial intelligence that will allow the most effective use of energy, Bitcoinist.com.
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Moonlite will open an office in Iceland until the end of 2018. The company, which is a network of major centres for mining various cryptocurrencies, and plans to work only on electricity from renewable sources.
Moonlite hope that are required to run 15 MW can provide wind and hydro power plants. The company managed to negotiate with officials on the location of production in the region of Keflavik, which already operates several large mining centers.
In recent years, in Iceland there are more data centers. Many entrepreneurs are attracted by the clean reputation of the country: almost 100% of the electricity Iceland comes from renewable sources.
MP from the "Party of pirates", Smari McCarthy believes that mining will not benefit the country's budget, and will only create additional problems.
For the mining of cryptocurrencies is not required almost no staff, needs minimal investment, and with these operations practically do not pay taxes. The benefit to Iceland is close to zero.
Now the country's population of 340,000 people that consume 700 GW/h For bitcoin mining will require approximately 840 GWh of electricity.
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