Mining News in October：Ethiopia Becomes Mining Concentration, Northern Data Plans to Divest Mining Business, Bitcoin Mining Costs Hit $49,500, sponsored by Bitdeer
Title sponsored by Bitdeer, a NASDAQ-listed mining company. 1. Bitdeer has released the parameters of the SEALMINER A2 series of bitcoin miners. The SEALMINER A2 has a hashrate of 226 TH/s and an energy efficiency of 16.5 J/TH. The SEALMINER A2Hyd has a hashrate of 446 TH/s and an energy efficiency of 16.5 J/TH, built on 2U standard servers for easy deployment and seamless compatibility with Whatminers’ water-cooled infrastructure. 2. Bitcoin mining firm Terawulf has sold its 25% stake in the nuclear-powered Nautilus bitcoin mine in Pennsylvania to its joint venture partner, Talen Energy, for $92 million. Terawulf announced that it completed the transaction “ahead of the expiration of the $0.02/kWh power contract and ground lease in June 2027.” The firm plans to reinvest the proceeds into building a 20-megawatt facility, named CB-1, at its flagship Lake Mariner site in New York, which will be dedicated to hosting high-performance computing (HPC) and AI data centers. Terawulf stated tha...