Locals living near a Bitcoin mining facility on the shores of Seneca Lake, in upstate New York, have reported alarming rises in the temperature of the water, NBC News reported today.
“The lake is so warm you feel like you’re in a hot tub,” according to Dresden resident Abi Buddington.
Last month, locals staged a protest against the Greenidge Generation Bitcoin mining plant, which they claim is polluting the air and heating the lake, thanks to its use of fossil fuels.
However, Greenidge, which is owned by private equity firm Atlas Holdings, told NBC that the lakeshore facility is operating within its federal and state environmental permits. “The environmental impact of the plant has never been better than it is right now,” said Greenidge CEO Jeff Kirt.
The company said that it offsets its carbon emissions and has pledged to move away from natural gas.
Lakeside mining
Lake water cools the 8,000 computers used to mine Bitcoin within the gas-fired plant in the bucolic Fi
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