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AgriFORCE Launches Gas-Powered Bitcoin Mining Site in Alberta, Plans Expansion to 1 EH/s
AgriFORCE brings stranded natural gas online for crypto mining and compute with its new Alberta site.
Updated Jun 18, 2025, 1:25 p.m. Published Jun 17, 2025, 5:50 p.m.
What to know:
- AgriFORCE Growing Systems has launched its first bitcoin mining site in Berwyn, Alberta, using stranded natural gas to power 120 ASIC miners.
- The Berwyn facility currently delivers over 32 petahashes per second and plans to expand capacity by another 200 kW.
- AgriFORCE aims to scale its compute capacity to 1 exahash per second by Q1 2026, integrating energy markets with decentralized infrastructure.
AgriFORCE Growing Systems (AGRI), a small agricultural firm that recently adopted bitcoin mining, has launched its first bitcoin mining and digital compute site in Berwyn, Alberta, using stranded natural gas to power 120 mining machines.
The site, developed with BlueFlare Energy, marks the company’s first operational milestone in a broader strategy to turn off-grid natural gas into energy-backed digital infrastructure.
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The Berwyn facility currently draws 425 kW and delivers more than 32 petahashes per second (PH/s) of compute power. A second phase under development will expand capacity by another 200 kW. BlueFlare’s systems monitor emissions and provide real-time telemetry through its proprietary OS and carbon tracking tech.
The use of flared gas to mine bitcoin is one way miners are looking to use a cheaper source of energy to offset some of the margin squeeze hurting the industry. For several years, flared gas bitcoin mining has been a trend for miners to monetize otherwise wasted excess natural gas produced when oil and gas companies drill for fossil fuels.
Read more: Bitcoin Mining Costs Soar as Hashrate Hits Records: TheMinerMag
This deployment is part of AgriFORCE’s three-pronged strategy: mining bitcoin, building modular compute infrastructure, and monetizing energy directly.
That approach gained traction with a new binding agreement between AgriFORCE and BlueFlare to expand operations to two additional Alberta sites, in Oyen and Hinton. Combined, these deployments could add 1.3 MW of natural-gas-powered compute, supporting tasks beyond bitcoin mining — such as AI model inference and edge computing for industrial devices.
The model AgriFORCE is pursuing sidesteps grid dependencies by tapping unused energy reserves and bringing them online quickly. The company says it has already mined seven BTC across its Alberta and Ohio sites and plans to retain up to half of its bitcoin holdings while using the rest for operational expansion.
AgriFORCE aims to scale to 1 exahash per second (EH/s) of compute capacity by Q1 2026, positioning itself as a player in the intersection of energy markets and decentralized infrastructure.
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