THE MINING POD: Mining Hardware And Infrastructure With Matt Lousteau

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Want to mine Bitcoin? Let’s talk what you need to deploy to the field!

Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today we’re joined by Matt Lousteau of Giga to discuss what you need in the field for mining Bitcoin! From immersion to containers to transformers, we go through your potential needs to mine Bitcoin.

Timestamps:

00:00 Start

02:24 What's new w/ Matt?

04:03 10MW deployment

04:35 Plans for Giga

07:01 Giga products

09:09 Sourcing transformers

11:17 Miner transformer needs

13:04 ASIC hardware changes

16:15 Hydro & immersion

20:08 Hydro solution form factor

22:47 Dry coolers

27:06 What are miners buying?

30:22 Transformer competition

30:50 Geopolitical sourcing risks

33:21 AI growth

35:16 Wrap

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