Supporters see it as an economic boon in a part of upstate New York that could use the help. Douglas Paddock, chairman of the Yates County Legislature, testified at a public hearing this week that the plant has brought 45 high-paying jobs and made a “significant contribution” to the area through tax payments and capital investments.
It retails for around $5,500, making it quite a bit more expensive than the offerings from Bitmain and MicroBT.

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When the mining computers first arrive, Blanco and Peebles connect them to the internet and to power. A lot of power. Compute North has access to a 3-megawatt power station just down the road . Officials in Big Spring say they’re prepared to expand that power supply as Compute North, which leases its building directly from the town, needs it. “It’s just a case of getting the right substations in place,” says Mark Willis, the executive director of Big Spring’s Economic Development Corporation. Ultimately, Big Spring officials say they can provide 25 megawatts of power here. That would be enough power to keep the lights on in somewhere between 4,500 and 10,000 Texas homes all year long.