A subsidiary of Bitfury Holding BV, a leading provider of technology solutions, and state-owned Energoatom signed a memorandum to build data centers on the sites of Ukraine’s nuclear power plants.<\/p>\n
The memorandum’s main aim is to increase electricity production and its subsequent balanced consumption.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cData centers on the sites of NPPs will help address one of the sector’s most acute problems\u2014the restriction of electricity output from nuclear plants,\u201d \u2013 \u043e\u0442\u043c\u0435\u0442\u0438\u043b<\/a> Energoatom head Petr Kotin.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
The agreement provides for the creation of data centers whose total energy consumption could reach 2 GW.<\/p>\n
No timelines for construction or investment volumes are disclosed.<\/p>\n
ForkLog has requested comment from Bitfury Group representatives.<\/p>\n
Earlier in May, Ukraine’s Ministry of Energy tasked Energoatom with studying the possibility of cryptocurrency mining at the country’s nuclear power plants.<\/p>\n
Later in the ministry, this was explained that mining would maintain guaranteed loads at the NPPs and attract additional funds.<\/p>\n
In the summer of 2020, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine proposed<\/a> to reduce electricity costs for mining centers with a capacity of over 100 MW.<\/p>\n
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