Ten amazing farms for mining Bitcoins

Since the birth of Bitcoin Mining cryptocurrency it turned not just into a multibillion-dollar business, but also an art.
A creative approach to business - this is what has always distinguished bitkoinerov around the world, and in a highly competitive market, they often have to go for unusual solutions.
Revision Forklog decided to talk about some exciting projects in the industry of mining Bitcoins.

SECRET FARM Dave Carlson

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In Washington, on the Pacific coast of the USA is the farm of Dave Carlson. According to his own statement - the largest in all of North America. Specialist software and entrepreneur with a decade of experience decided to take up mining after being faced with financial problems at their previous place of work in an advertising company.
He founded his own company in the basement of the house MegaBigPower just one year into a multimillion-dollar business. Today, the farm is located in a separate room, in a former industrial warehouse. At the same time its exact location was not disclosed. Among the factors contributing to business success, Carlson calls not only a desperate desire to get out of financial hole, but what Washington boasts one of the lowest in the US electricity prices.
Expanding the company, Carlson estimates its monthly operating expenses, including the salaries of 15 people, more than $ 1 million. The final figure 1.3 petahesh, he said, pays off. Moreover, being able to attract additional investment, the entrepreneur started the production of equipment, based on mayningovogo Bitfury chips for further sale to other Bitcoin enthusiasts. Things Carlson seems to go well.

FARM GENESIS MINING IN ICELAND

At the beginning of Genesis Mining of his work he had several farms in Bosnia and China, but today its main activity is centered in Iceland. This Nordic country, in addition to admire his world national football team, also can offer almost ideal conditions for mining: cheap electricity, good internet connection and a cold climate. The latter is extremely important condition because it allows significant savings on cooling, thereby reducing the cost of mined Bitcoins.

However, as recognized recently CEO Genesis Mining Marco Strang, the company uses a very significant amount of electricity, and is probably the largest consumer in Iceland.
In addition to mining Bitcoins, the company recently launched a production cryptocurrency Ethereum, and farm itself under the code name of Enigma, is claimed to be the largest in the world.

FARM ALLIED CONTROL IN HONG KONG

Despite the hot and humid climate in the region, a technology company Allied Control built the largest farm in Hong Kong, making a bet on the so-called two-stage immersion cooling technology in liquid.
The farm was built specifically for the Chinese investors and is characterized by its remarkable quietness of operation. Initially, the process of mining used chip ASIC, however, in January 2015, Allied Control came under the control of the company BitFury. The latter manufactures its own chips, and, although the details of the transaction was not disclosed publicly, it can be assumed that also provides for the replacement chips.

A two-stage cooling of the immersion

DATA CENTER BITFURY IN GEORGIA

In December 2015, the company opened a new BitFury mayningovy data center capacity of 40 MW in Tbilisi. In the data center, located on the territory of the free economic zone of the Georgian capital, also used a two-stage immersion liquid cooling technology. Bitfury is a supporter of environmental care and work from the local hydroelectric power.
The company chose to Georgia in connection with the optimal climate, the minimum regulatory requirements, low-cost electricity and competitive working conditions. The new data center Bitcoin transactions are processed using computer equipment that are based on 28 nm chips of the latest models and well-publicized 16-nm chips.
In addition, the company has one more data center in Georgia, as well as mayningovye power in Iceland.

Liestal SWITZERLAND

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This farm-based Bitcoin pioneer Guido Rudolphi from companies Alpereum, opened in April this year. It is located in the small village of Linthal in the eastern part of Switzerland. In the past, Rudolphi has managed mayningovoy farm in Zurich, but considered operating costs are too high. Finally, after almost two years of searching, Rudolph chose Linthal, where, he said, the cheapest electricity in the country.
New farm located in a former factory, is considered the largest in Switzerland. Although the issue of cooling processors still remains relevant, Rudolph insisted that the possible financial benefit is not decisive for him. The world, he said, needs a longer Bitcoins for political reasons. The farm owner compares cryptocurrency Internet-1990s, when the phenomenon, many also watched with great skepticism.
On April 16 mayningovoy farm in Linthal held an open day and Bitcoin-mitap. As a result of the project team event made a little video:

CHINA

Analysis of the leading mining pools shows that more than half of all heshevoy power in the network is owned by three Chinese Bitcoin pools. Leaving aside a possible cause for concern on the part of the community in connection with this situation, we note that for various reasons, China has a number of advantages when it comes to mining.
First of all, it is a relatively inexpensive labor and a willingness to farm employees live in unpretentious living conditions, even in back rooms. China is also known for his ability to produce almost all the goods and equipment for mining is no exception. Besides extraction Bitcoins often are cost effective due to the lower than in other countries, the cost of electricity.
At the same time, due to the political climate in the country, many operators pools often try not to publicize their activities. It leaves its mark on the appearance of the data center.

Storage room for recreation workers at mining-farm in Guizhou Province is equipped with a monitor showing proiskhodschee in the data center
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Last year, the Director of Marketing Eric Moo HaoBTC spent about three months at the company-owned farm in the mountainous region of western Sichuan Province. The forum bitcointalk He noted that thanks to cheap energy from local hydropower plants and low-cost cooling systems, data center shows high returns with minimal carbon emissions. At that time, the farm was heshreyt 4.7 PH, and the company plans to increase its been 12PH within three to four months.
Here are a few photos of them laid out, the rest of the image can be seen in the original recording.

In fact, various mayningovyh farms in China are concentrated a lot, and all of them are unique. Another example of this - the existence of a large farm in classified locations in Liaoning province, which accounts for about 3% of the total heshreyta Bitcoin network.

BITCOIN GROUP - CHINA / AUSTRALIA

Photos - Bitcoin Group

Bitcoin Group, apart from a few unsuccessful attempts to enter the Australian Stock Exchange, is known as one of the largest Bitcoin-operators in the world. The company owns five data centers in China, bringing together 6,000 computers.
In addition, Bitcoin Group has operating facilities in Iceland and Australia. The company attaches great importance to environmental issues and therefore, where possible, using renewable energy sources. Thus, 82% of all heshevoy power company in China is produced by electricity generated from hydro power, and data center in Iceland, in the territory of which there is a large number of geysers, uses geothermal energy.
In total, the share of Bitcoin Group accounts for about 1.19% of the total power heshevoy Bitcoin network (6,2 PH).
It is noteworthy that the company's head office is located in Melbourne, probably unique Bitcoin Mining Museum, which contains a variety of devices and accessories used in the production cryptocurrency.

This review can not claim to be exhaustive, as the number of unique and amazing in their own farm will be too large.
In a short time we will introduce you and other interesting objects.