比特幣持有人Mara Holdings最近在德克薩斯州收購了一個風電場，以幫助其一部分加密貨幣運營

比特幣持有人Mara Holdings最近收購了德克薩斯州的一個風電場，以幫助其一部分加密貨幣運營。該公司計劃降低可再生能源來降低比特幣的生產成本

Mara Holdings, the world's second-largest publicly traded corporate bitcoin holder, has acquired a wind farm in Texas to help power some of its cryptocurrency operations.

瑪拉·控股（Mara Holdings）是世界第二大公開交易的公司比特幣持有人，已在德克薩斯州收購了一個風電場，以幫助為其一些加密貨幣運營提供動力。

The company aims to lower its bitcoin production costs with "near zero" energy prices from the renewable energy source and help address the massive energy needs of bitcoin mining.

該公司的目標是通過可再生能源的“接近零”能源價格降低其比特幣生產成本，並有助於滿足比特幣採礦的巨大能源需求。

According to Chainalysis data, as of December 2022, the total electricity consumption of bitcoin miners is estimated at about 124.8 terawatt-hours per year. For perspective, the whole country of Argentina uses about 121 terawatt-hours of electricity annually.

根據鏈分析數據，截至2022年12月，比特幣礦工的總電量估計為每年約124.8噸。從角度來看，整個阿根廷國家每年使用大約121噸電力。

Recently, there's been a big push to transition mining operations to cheaper, more renewable energy sources to help reduce reliance on dirty energy. Possible solutions for bitcoin's energy problem include excess energy deals, solar panels, wave energy, geothermal, and offshore or onshore wind — like that now utilized by Mara.

最近，過渡採礦業務進行了巨大的努力，以更便宜，更可再生的能源，以幫助減少對骯髒能源的依賴。比特幣能源問題的可能解決方案包括過量的能源交易，太陽能電池板，波浪能，地熱和海上或陸上風，就像現在由Mara使用的那樣。

The company plans to continue using last-generation ASIC mining hardware to power its operations in the U.S. Without wind farm power, Mara said this hardware would "have otherwise been written off or sold into the secondary market," replaced by more energy-efficient models.

該公司計劃繼續使用最後一代ASIC採礦硬件在沒有風電源的情況下為其在美國的運營提供動力，Mara表示，該硬件“否則將被註銷或出售到二級市場上”，取而代之的是更節能的模型。

With wind power, last-generation ASICs can keep up with newer models, curbing electronic waste. All of that makes the plan a smart one, with the only real downside being that this wind farm purchased in Texas would otherwise be powering the grid. Bitcoin mining companies building their own new renewable infrastructure, or making joint investments with grid operators to do so, will be even better to ensure the percentages of clean energy continue to rise, though it's understandable that the company would want to put its plan into motion as soon as possible.

借助風能，最後一代的ASIC可以跟上更新的型號，並遏制電子廢物。所有這些使該計劃變得聰明，唯一真正的缺點是，在德克薩斯州購買的風電場否則將為電網提供動力。比特幣礦業公司建立自己的新可再生基礎設施，或與電網運營商進行聯合投資，將會更好，以確保清潔能源的百分比繼續上升，儘管可以理解，該公司希望盡快將其計劃提出。

Mara has faced complaints in the state too, though, for noise pollution from one of its other mining centers, including reports of vertigo and hearing loss.

不過，瑪拉（Mara）在該州也面臨投訴，因為其其他一個採礦中心之一的噪音污染，包括眩暈和聽力損失的報告。

In a press release, the company said it hopes the wind farm acquisition and reuse of otherwise dated ASICs demonstrates Mara's "commitment to environmental stewardship."

該公司在新聞稿中表示，它希望風電場的收購和重複使用以前的ASICS展示Mara的“對環境管理的承諾”。

"With this added renewable energy asset, MARA now owns and operates 136 megawatts of generating capacity," Mara CEO Fred Thiel said in the release. For comparison, one megawatt of commercial wind power would be enough to power close to 350 American homes, based on an estimate from the U.S. Geological Survey.

瑪拉首席執行官弗雷德·蒂爾（Fred Thiel）在新聞稿中說：“隨著這增加了可再生能源資產，瑪拉（Mara）現在擁有並擁有136兆瓦的產能。”為了進行比較，根據美國地質調查局的估計，一兆瓦的商用風能將足以足以接近350戶房屋。

Thiel added: "This acquisition not only extends the economic life of our ASIC miners, but also drives reduction in operational costs, bringing us closer to achieving near net-zero operating costs."

泰爾補充說：“這項收購不僅延長了我們的ASIC礦工的經濟生活，而且延長了降低運營成本，使我們更加接近淨零淨運營成本。”

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