Google Just Bought Into a Bitcoin Miner — Here’s Why It Matters
Google’s Strategic Bet on Energy-Dense Mining Sites Google has purchased a 5.4% stake in Cipher Mining, signaling a major move to blend Bitcoin mining infrastructure with artificial intelligence (AI) compute demands. The partnership aims to leverage Cipher’s low-cost, energy-dense campuses—originally designed for Bitcoin hashing—to also support AI and high-performance computing (HPC) workloads. The deal positions […]