gabe@gabegold.com
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2018 18:06:14 -0400
Hydro-Quebec will temporarily stop processing requests from cryptocurrency miners so that it can continue to fulfill its obligations to supply electricity to the entire province.
Canada's biggest electric utility is facing unprecedented demand from
blockchain companies that exceeds Hydro-Quebec's short- and medium-term
capacity, according to a statement Thursday. In the coming days,
Hydro-Quebec will file an application to the province's energy regulator
proposing a selection process for blockchain industry projects.
Hydro-Quebec has been courting cryptocurrency miners in recent months in a bid to soak up surplus energy from dams in northern Quebec. Power rates in the province are the lowest in North America, both for consumers and industrial customers.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/markets/quebec-halts-bitcoin-mining-power-requests-amid-booming-demand/ar-AAylZv3
Always risky, getting what you want.
Then, there's this... https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/08/ibms-new-summit-supercomputer-for-the-doe-delivers-200-petaflops/
...which one commenter somewhere suggests should be used to mine bitcoins.
Besides petaflop ratings, we need potential kWh/bitcoin comparisons.