US power producer Talen Energy has selected Linxon, a joint venture between Hitachi Energy and SNC-Lavalin, to provide three substations that will deliver power from Talen’s Susquehanna nuclear power station in Pennsylvania to a bitcoin mining data centre under construction by Talen subsidiary Cumulus.
Talen Energy’s Dustin Wertheimer said the bitcoin mining project will spur job creation and economic growth in the community.
The three Linxon substations will transmit energy from the two-unit nuclear station in Salem Township Pennsylvania, with a portion going to two facilities – a 200 MW bitcoin mining facility known as the Nautilus Cryptomine and a 48 MW facility for us as a general-purpose data centre.
Talen Energy’s Dustin Wertheimer said the bitcoin mining project will spur job creation and economic growth in the community.
The three Linxon substations will transmit energy from the two-unit nuclear station in Salem Township Pennsylvania, with a portion going to two facilities – a 200 MW bitcoin mining facility known as the Nautilus Cryptomine and a 48 MW facility for us as a general-purpose data centre.
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