Terawulf Cayuga Lake facility
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The Terawulf Cayuga Lake facility is a proposed data center which may include cryptocurrency mining. It is located on the eastern shore of Lake Cayuga in New York, USA, at the site of a former coal fired power plant.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the proposed Terawulf Cayuga Lake facility in upstate New York, USA.
Background
The proposal would be cited at the former Cayuga Power Station, and would not involve restarting coal power generation. Project proponents include Terawulf (owned by Beowulf Energy LLC) as well as the owners of the inactive coal plant.[1] New data operations at the site are proposed at 150 MW.[2] Plans as of July 2022 are speculative; no permits have been applied for and no new construction has begun. Jerry Goodenough, the former manager of the Cayuga Power Station which closed in 2019, was quoted as saying "while we have no specific plans or tenants for the Empire State Data Hub today, we have not precluded cryptocurrency mining at the site".[3] Plans also exist to install a solar farm at the site.
Terawulf owns and operates the Lake Mariner facility, also in New York, on the southern shores of Lake Ontario. Like the Cayuga facility, it was also the site of a former coal fired power plant and Terawulf has begun mining 110 MW of bitcoins at that location. The company has plans to increase total power consumption at Lake Mariner to 500 MW. Both the Lake Mariner and Cayuga sites have been referred to as the Empire State Data Hub, although this is largely a concept as of July 2022.
Project Details
- Power usage (MW): 150
- Owner: Terawulf
- Parent:
- Location: 228 Cayuga Dr, Lansing, NY 14882
- Coordinates: 42.602307, -76.63478
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ "Facility potentially opening at old power plant site". Ithaca.com. 12/23/2021. Retrieved 7/15/2022.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|access-date=and|date=(help) - ↑ "Bitcoin boom fueled by cheap electricity, empty factories and a few rules". World Nation News. 6/12/2021. Retrieved 7/15/2022.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|access-date=and|date=(help) - ↑ "Beowulf: 'We Have Not Precluded Cryptocurrency Mining'". Ithaca.com. 2/16/2022. Retrieved 7/15/2022.
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