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According to their mining map[1], 35% of the global hashrate happens in Xinjiang. From Wikipedia, it looks like most major power stations in Xinjiang are coal d
by nemetroid 6y ago
According to their mining map[1], 35% of the global hashrate happens in Xinjiang. From Wikipedia, it looks like most major power stations in Xinjiang are coal driven[2].
10% is in Sichuan, which appears to be largely hydro-driven[3].
1: https://cbeci.org/mining_map https://cbeci.org/mining_map
2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_major_power_stations_in_Xinjiang https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_major_power_stations_i...
3: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_major_power_stations_in_Sichuan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_major_power_stations_i...
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