12.02.2014 9:16

In Sweden build a data center for mining Bitcoin

Despite some negative news from the market Bitcoin, kriptovalyuty rate still remains high, and she kriptovalyuta – consistently popular. Needless to say, is still willing to weight yourself namaynit coin or two. But the complexity of Meiningen already so high that at home you can afford namaynit, except for the cookies with tea.


And the Mining acquires truly industrial scale. Said, in particular, confirmed a new project: the data center by 10 megawatts, all equipment which will be used in Meiningen.

Building a new data center company KnC Miner, who has been creating and equipment for mining kriptovalyuty. Place Building – Boden, Sweden. Remember the article about Facebook data center , built in Lulea, near the Arctic Circle? So, “kriptovalyutny” data center is being built not far, just 15 kilometers from the data center social network.

Building a new facility from scratch, it will be located in a former helicopter hangar, a huge building, modernized by new owners.Equipment in the data center will be established client, but bought from miners, the company KnC Miner.

Now the company produces specialized equipment, in which the center of everything are specialized integrated circuits, ASIC – Application Specific Integrated Circuits. According to the company, just six months was sold such equipment by 75 million U.S. dollars.

Now KnC Miner to a new level, intending to offer “cloud” for mining kriptovalyuty. And since this type of equipment “eats” a lot of energy, it was decided to place the data center in the cold region. A Swedish Lulea – almost ideal location for a data center.

Construction has already started and is scheduled to continue for several months (the size of the new data center, by itself, is not as large as in the case of Facebook, and therefore less time). Nevertheless, the company is already in talks with local authorities regarding the construction of larger objects already this year.