Cryptocurrency Mining in Texas
Austin Central Library 710 W. César Chávez St., Austin, TX, United StatesThere is approximately 2 gigawatts (GW) of cryptocurrency load capacity within the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). As of mid-2022, ERCOT had 33 GW of cryptocurrency mining in its interconnection queue. The potential increase in power demand was so high that ERCOT established a...