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Argo Blockchain to Buy 20,000 Mining Machines for West Texas Data Center
The 20,000 Bitmain Antminer S19J Pro machines will increase Argo’s hashrate by more than 2 exahash.
Updated May 11, 2023, 7:04 p.m. Published Sep 30, 2021, 3:36 p.m.
Crypto mining firm Argo Blockchain has agreed to buy 20,000 mining machines for the data center it is building in West Texas.
- The Bitmain Antminer S19J Pro machines will increase London-based Argo’s hashrate, a measure of computing power, by more than 2 exahash to a total of 3.7 exahash by the end of third quarter of next year, the company announced Thursday.
- The deposit for the order is being funded by Argo’s cash reserves. The company declined to give a value for the order.
- The machines will be dispatched to the West Texas data center starting in the second quarter next year.
- Argo completed the land purchase for the new data center in March.
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UPDATE (SEPT 30, 10:21 UTC): Adds Argo declines to give value of order.
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