CRYPTO CURRENCY HUB A semi truck passes the entrance to the Greenridge Generation power plant, Friday, Oct. 15, 2021, in Dresden, NY. One Bitcoin mining operation in central New York came up with a novel solution in finding cheap energy to run the powergobbling computer arrays that create and transact cryptocurrency: It took over Greenidge Generation which now produces about 44 megawatts to run 15,300 computer servers, plus additional electricity it sends into the state’s power grid. AP PHOTO
CRYPTO CURRENCY HUB A semi truck passes the entrance to the Greenridge Generation power plant, Friday, Oct. 15, 2021, in Dresden, NY. One Bitcoin mining operation in central New York came up with a novel solution in finding cheap energy to run the powergobbling computer arrays that create and transact cryptocurrency: It took over Greenidge Generation which now produces about 44 megawatts to run 15,300 computer servers, plus additional electricity it sends into the state’s power grid. AP PHOTO

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