Canaan Inc. announced a 4.50 trillion-watt contract in Japan to deploy its Avalon liquid-cooled bitcoin mining machine for real-time grid peaking and energy optimization The project is led by a large local utility company, and the relevant facilities will use Canaan's intelligent control chips to dynamically adjust voltage, frequency and computing power to help the power grid operate stably. It is expected that by the end of 2025, the project will also achieve energy efficiency improvement.
Ontario, Canada: A 25% surcharge has been imposed on electricity exports to New York, Michigan and Minnesota in the United States. Any generator exporting electricity to the United States must add a 25% surcharge of $10 per megawatt hour.
BitFuFu plans to acquire a majority stake in a 51 trillion watt (MW) bitcoin mining facility in Oklahoma. The company has signed a letter of intent for the acquisition, which is expected to close in the first half of 2025. Located in an uninhabited area, the facility is fully built and operational. Using Bitmain's Antminer S21 Pro device, 51 trillion watts of capacity can support a hash rate output of approximately 2.9 EH/s.
European benchmark electricity prices rose to 100 euros per megawatt-hour, the highest level this year.