The number of mining farms in Russia grew by 7% in 2024, reaching 136,600. At the beginning of 2025, their combined capacity exceeded 11 GW, reports Kommersant, citing an assessment by MTS EnergyTool.
Russians are most actively mining Bitcoin, which accounts for 90% of the capacity, along with Litecoin, Kaspa, EthereumPoW, and Monero.
The EnergyTool system can detect anomalies in energy consumption and pinpoint theft locations.
According to the service’s assessment, more than 10% of the identified mining farms are concentrated in the Irkutsk region. In Moscow, this figure is about 9%, and in the Moscow region, 8%. Bashkiria and the Samara region are also among the largest. A year earlier, the top five included regions of the North Caucasus.
A source close to the industry told Kommersant that of the 11 GW of available capacity, only 3 GW is used by legal miners.
Previously, experts estimated the annual damage to Russia from “grey” miners at 10 billion rubles. In 2024, this figure exceeded 1.3 billion rubles.
Since September 1, Russia has implemented a law regulating cryptocurrency mining. The country also established an energy consumption limit for individual miners.
In certain regions, authorities have introduced a ban on cryptocurrency mining and participation in mining pools from January 1, 2025, to March 15, 2031.