MARA Just Bought a Wind Farm In An Effort To Change Bitcoin Mining
February 20, 2025 at 3:18 PMby The Block Whisperer
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MARA Holdings buys a Texas wind farm for sustainable Bitcoin mining, using excess energy and old ASICs for near-zero costs. A game-changer for grid balancing and mining efficiency.
MARA Holdings just dropped major cash on a Texas wind farm.
We're talking 240 megawatts of connection juice and 114 megawatts of pure wind power.
The company is seeking to further diversity the energy sources that power its megalithic Bitcoin mining operations – hence why farming wind like its digital gold.
MARA is ditching the lightweight strategy for some heavy metal, and the company is now sitting on 136 megawatts of generating power.
This isn’t greenwashing, either – the company is legitimately using the energy to mine Bitcoin in an effort that’s looking like vertical integration on steroids.
They're putting Bitcoin miners behind the meter at the wind farm, meaning zero-cost power for every Bitcoin they mine when the farms generate excess.
It's like printing money with the wind, literally.
Given the zero-cost basis, it’s also a pretty genius move that they're recycling old ASIC miners.
Instead of dumping last-gen hardware, they're giving it new life by hooking it up to an energy resource that’s notoriously variable.
Free power means even dinosaur miners can turn a profit when the wind turbines are turning faster than households can use the energy they produce.
However, MARA's stock barely flinched on the news – it’s even down 1%.
But zoom out, and you’ll see that they're up 372% in just twelve months.
The market might be sleeping on this one, but the smart money isn't – sustainable Bitcoin mining is the future of energy grid balancing, as that energy has to go somewhere.
Texas grid operators are probably popping champagne right now since MARA isn’t just mining clean – they're actually helping the grid.
Every Bitcoin mined is one less strain on Texas power lines and one less burning question over what to do with all this excess energy.
Fred Thiel's calling it near-zero operating costs while the CFO is promising better returns without diluting shareholders.
When was the last time you heard that from a mining company?
This isn't just another mining operation going green for PR – MARA is building the blueprint for sustainable Bitcoin mining that will resonate well into the future.
While others talk about green mining, MARA actually went out and made it happen.
MARA just turned Texas wind into Bitcoin printing machines.
They're recycling old miners, farming wind, and cutting costs to zero.
In a world where some of the biggest conversations about Bitcoin pertain to how much energy the network sucks up, this might be looked back on as a pivotal moment in the industry.
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