比特币矿业巨头玛拉控股公司收购德克萨斯州风电场以推动其矿业野心

这家在佛罗里达州注册的公司是世界上最大的加密货币挖矿设施之一，尽管 2024 年减半后挖矿条件严峻，但仍寻求继续积极扩张。

Major Bitcoin mining firm Mara Holdings has bought a wind farm in Texas to help power its mining ambitions, according to a recent filing with the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

根据最近向美国联邦能源监管委员会提交的一份文件，大型比特币矿业公司 Mara Holdings 已在德克萨斯州购买了一座风电场，以帮助其实现采矿目标。

The Florida-registered company is one of the biggest crypto mining facilities in the world and is looking to keep expanding aggressively despite tough mining conditions after the 2024 halving.

这家在佛罗里达州注册的公司是世界上最大的加密货币挖矿设施之一，尽管 2024 年减半后挖矿条件严峻，但仍寻求继续积极扩张。

Mara’s Massive Foray into Wind Energy

玛拉大规模进军风能领域

The company announced this move earlier today but didn’t disclose the amount involved in purchasing the large wind farm. The Hansford county-based farm boasts a massive 240 Megawatt (MW) interconnectivity and 114 MW wind power generation capacity. The company will likely use this power for mining purposes or in the booming carbon credits market.

该公司今天早些时候宣布了这一举措，但没有透露购买大型风电场的金额。位于汉斯福德县的农场拥有 240 兆瓦 (MW) 的大规模互联网络和 114 兆瓦的风力发电能力。该公司可能会将这种电力用于采矿目的或蓬勃发展的碳信用额市场。

The facility was previously owned by National Grid Plc and Washington State Investment Board. The move presents a nice PR opportunity for the Bitcoin community as it shows that energy-intensive crypto-mining operations are moving towards renewable energy sources.

该设施此前由国家电网公司和华盛顿州投资委员会所有。此举为比特币社区提供了一个很好的公关机会，因为它表明能源密集型加密货币挖矿业务正在转向可再生能源。

In addition to this costly facility, Mara Holdings owns around 34,959 BTC ($3.3 billion), among the largest declared ownerships of Bitcoin in the world. However, it is a mining company, so its coffers change considerably with the overall climate.

除了这一昂贵的设施外，Mara Holdings 还拥有约 34,959 比特币（33 亿美元），是世界上最大的比特币拥有者之一。然而，它是一家矿业公司，因此它的金库会随着整体气候的变化而发生很大变化。

Bitcoin’s Shift to Renewable Energy?

比特币转向可再生能源？

While 240 MW is a substantial amount of energy when it comes to household usage, it is minuscule in terms of the overall energy usage of the Bitcoin network. Operating at full capacity, the Texan farm purchased by Mara Holdings can generate about 7 gigawatt hours of energy in a year, while the total energy approximately consumed by the BTC network is anywhere between 120,000-160,000 gigawatt hours or 120-160 TWh.

虽然 240 兆瓦对于家庭使用来说是一个很大的能源量，但对于比特币网络的整体能源使用量来说却微不足道。 Mara Holdings 购买的德克萨斯农场满负荷运营，一年可发电约 7 吉瓦时，而 BTC 网络消耗的总能源大约在 120,000-160,000 吉瓦时或 120-160 太瓦时之间。

However, it is still a step in the right direction, as BTC’s environmental impact is routinely blamed for the climate crisis. This is even though several studies have shown that cryptocurrency is responsible for less than 1% of the world’s Carbon emissions, and they, too, are decreasing with time.

然而，这仍然是朝着正确方向迈出的一步，因为比特币的环境影响通常被归咎于气候危机。尽管多项研究表明，加密货币所造成的碳排放量仅占全球碳排放量的不到 1%，而且碳排放量也在随着时间的推移而减少。

Bitcoin is trading just above the $95k support level at press time. The largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization remains on course for a massive 2024-2025 bull market, and miners are expected to hold the crypto in place until their price targets are achieved.

截至发稿时，比特币的交易价格略高于 9.5 万美元的支撑位。按市值计算最大的加密货币仍将迎来 2024-2025 年的大规模牛市，预计矿商将持有该加密货币，直到实现其价格目标。