Wanting 2.5 million megawatt hours per year (an average of almost 300 megawatts) goes a bit beyond providing a basic utility. Doing that while not impacting oth

Wanting 2.5 million megawatt hours per year (an average of almost 300 megawatts) goes a bit beyond providing a basic utility. Doing that while not impacting other customers would almost certainly require big infrastructure investments. The fact that crypto mining is a useless dead-weight loss compared to supplying power to homes and productive businesses just makes the decision all that easier.