Project developers say the panels will produce nearly 300 megawatts annually — enough to meet the needs of 40,600 single family homes. For perspective, there are 14,605 homes in Butte-Silver Bow County, according to the U.S. Census.
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Atlas Power, run by Kevin Washington, mines cryptocurrency and is planning an expansion of its GPUs, or Graphics Processing Units, the high-performance computing capacity of which can also be used for artificial intelligence work and other applications.
Washington said he plans to add eight new buildings containing thousands of additional GPUs in the short-term, as well as a programming academy at the facility, diversifying beyond crypto to a broad scope of cutting edge tech work. He says the expansion will make Butte a world headquarters of high performance computing.
I've already put off buying a 3070 until next year. Looks like I may have to forgo it even longer.
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