Cleanspark announced that it had purchased 45,000 Antminer S19 XP bitcoin mining devices for a total price of $144.9 million.
Cleanspark stated that the new fleet would add 6.3 exahash per second of computational power to the company’s current 6.7 EH/s.This year, bitcoin mining firms are once again making large purchases of application-specific integrated circuit bitcoin mining rigs after taking a brief break in 2022. On Tuesday, April 11, 2023, the bitcoin mining firmannounced that it had purchased 45,000 new Antminer S19 XP machines from the leading ASIC manufacturer, Bitmain.
Cleanspark detailed that all of the new miners would be delivered to the company’s mining facility in Sandersville, Georgia. The site, located in Georgia, is currently in the midst of a 150-megawatt expansion. Cleanspark further noted that the new miners would add 6.3 EH/s to the firm’s current fleet, which boasts 6.7 EH/s of computational power, and all the new devices are expected to be fully operational by the end of 2023.
“As bitcoin’s halving draws closer, our focus on operational efficiency, our technical expertise, and our treasury management strategy, will all play a crucial role in solidifying Cleanspark’s position among the top bitcoin mining companies in America,” Zach Bradford, the CEO of Cleanspark said in a statement sent to Bitcoin.com News.
Bitcoin miners had a difficult year in 2022, and 2023 has proven to be a different story so far. Presently, bitcoin (
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