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US Government Launches New Attempt to Gather Data on Electricity Usage of Bitcoin Mining

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US Government Launches New Attempt to Gather Data on Electricity Usage of Bitcoin Mining

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US Government Launches New Attempt to Gather Data on Electricity Usage of Bitcoin Mining - Inside Climate News

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The Energy Information Agency is starting the process to require cryptocurrency miners to submit energy consumption data after a previous attempt faced legal challenges.

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They should probably check out the new AI compute farms too.
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The answer, a fuckton.

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