One of Hut8Mining's sites in Canada is currently running at 15% of its installed hashrate due to electrical input issues, expected to be resolved in 10-12 weeks. egreechee reports.
The miner, which is undergoing one of the most significant mergers in the industry with U.S. Bitcoin Corp, first announced the issues in"High energy input levels" into the machines has been causing"equipment failures" at Drumheller, while spikes in energy prices have created"additional headwinds," the firm said. Hut 8 has implemented firmware to decrease the voltage of the power supply, while it is trying to repair machines and hire more staff.
The Drumheller site likely accounts for as much as 0.9 exahash/second of Hut 8's computing power. Total installed hashrate across its two Alberta sites was at 2.6 EH/s at the end of April. The Medicine Hat site in the Canadian state"hit an all-time operational high" of 1.72 EH/s in March, theHut 8 also had to stop running 7,000 miners at its third site in North Bay, Ontario due to a dispute with its power provider, in mid-November, and move them to Medicine Hat.
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