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Bitcoin Mining Firm Coinmint Confirms Plans for $700 Mln Project in Upstate NY

06 Jun Bitcoin Mining Firm Coinmint Confirms Plans for $700 Mln Project in Upstate NY

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Cloud mining service Coinmint confirmed it would press ahead with opening a Bitcoin mining plant in an abandoned smokestack in Upstate New York, CNBC reports June 5.

The move, which authorities greenlighted in January, will see the company invest “up to $700 mln” in the project, which will repurpose the former 1300-acres-large Alcoa aluminium smelting plant by the end of 2019.

Operations will continue under the newly-formed subsidiary North Country Data Center Corporation, which began work this week, a press release confirmed.

“As long as bitcoin network exists we anticipate mining to be profitable,” Coinmint CEO Prieur Leary said quoted by CNBC, adding in the release that the subsidiary launch “is a key milestone towards the Massena site reaching its full capacity.”

This year has seen multiple schemes to leverage former infrastructure in area with cheap electricity for the purposes of mining Bitcoin.

Not all have struck a chord with local governments, with plans in nearby…

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