Canada-Based Electricity Provider Halts Electricity Requests Due To Crypto Miners

Canada-Based Electricity Provider Halts Electricity Requests Due To Crypto Miners


Bitcoinist
2023-05-02 19:00:12

Crypto mining has been a contentious issue in many regions, and New Brunswick, a Canada-based electricity provider, seems no exception. The province’s electric utility, NB Power, imposed a moratorium on providing new service to cryptocurrency mining operations last year, citing concerns about its ability to meet the increasing demands from the power-hungry sector. The utility