BitRiver And Russian Oil Giant Team Up To Power Data Centers –
The third-largest oil producer in Russia has joined forces with BitRiver, a bitcoin mining business based in Switzerland, to mine bitcoin utilizing spare resources. BitRiver will construct the digital infrastructure at the Russian oil fields of Gazpromneft as part of a new partnership. Associated petroleum gas, a kind of natural gas found in oil deposits, will be used to generate the power needed to make crypto. Gazpromneft will provide energy to BitRiver’s data centers, under an agreement struck at the St....