When the massive winter storm swept across the United States over the weekend, putting a freeze on power grids from Texas to ...

In June, WSJ’s Joanna Stern headed inside a data center to show just how much energy it takes to make an AI image and video. Photo: David Hall It’s harder than ever to mine bitcoin. And less ...

Cipher Mining Inc. (CIFR) recently entered the AI data center race with major deals with hyperscaler customers. The bitcoin miner is part of a group of companies transitioning from running data ...

Scientific studies show substantial reductions in deep-sea biodiversity following mining tests, with impacts potentially lasting decades. Governments are split between environmental caution and the ...

One afternoon in June 2024, I stood up against the fence of a sprawling industrial facility a few miles outside of Corsicana, Texas. Over a metal gate, I watched a bright yellow excavator claw at the ...

China's bitcoin mining market share rebounds to 3rd globally, Hashrate Index shows Beijing’s softening stance, cheap electricity attract crypto miners Bitcoin seen as strategic asset amid Sino-US ...

Bitfarms Ltd., one of the largest cryptocurrency miners, said it plans to wind down those operations over the next two years and focus on providing infrastructure to generate computing power for ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Becca Bratcher is an author and journalist specializing in crypto. Over the past few years, the United States, specifically Texas, ...

AI businesses need enormous computing power and efficient data centers to operate. So do Bitcoin miners. Miners are happy to resell their data center and electric power capacity to AI customers when ...

CleanSpark CEO Matt Schultz laid out the bitcoin mining company's new strategy to develop AI data centers alongside its crypto mining operations in an appearance on CNBC's "Crypto World." He says ...

Alphabet Inc.’s Google has agreed to anchor a $3 billion data center contract with Cipher Mining Inc. in the latest tie up between a crypto mining firm and a big tech company seeking computing ...

The largely unregulated mining of rare earth minerals in Myanmar’s Kachin state is taking a heavy toll on forests, rivers and human health, according to sources and satellite imagery collected by ...