water cooled hydro powered mining unit

[nyltak]

So if someone wanted to use hydroelectric dam technology to create a mining server that sat underwater with ventilation ducting to the outside air. that was powered by turbines in the same river that was cooling the unit, could that be done?

[Geleas]

I think this is a great concept. Cryptocurrency mining requires a lot of electricity which will hurt us in the long term. But the problem with this concept is that it will require a lot of space and the setting-up cost will be very high.

[MintDice]

It'd be hard to find someone who would want to finance that considering how the market is performing a the moment. Perhaps in the future if/when things begin to recover..

[bitkilo]

So if someone wanted to use hydroelectric dam technology to create a mining server that sat underwater with ventilation ducting to the outside air. that was powered by turbines in the same river that was cooling the unit, could that be done?

Most of the largest mining farms are already using hydroelectric dams as their power source. Often where these hydro dams are located, heat dispersion is not a big problem i believe.

Nasty Mining is already working on solar and wind turbines for bitcoin mining power, you should check them out.

[Keron]

This is a really innovative idea. I was reading a post that Cryptocurrency mining consumes power equal to a country. We need to make our priorities on renewable energy sources for electricity generation for mining purposes. If we not, it will create a power issue in the near future.