Apr 11, 2025 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji
Cryptocurrency firm MARA has fully energized a 25MW modular cryptomine data center powered by flared natural gas. The data center has been in semi-operation for five months and is distributed across a range of wellheads in Texas and North Dakota.
According to MARA, the 25MW of new capacity currently delivers the lowest energy cost per Bitcoin mined across its entire global fleet, which totals around 1.7GW. At full capacity, its current gas-to-power network consumes 5,000 cubic feet of associated gas per day. Through routing the gas via power generation infrastructure, the company claims it increases the combustion efficiency of the flared gas to 99 percent, compared to 92 percent for the average flare.
Adam Swick, chief growth officer at MARA, said that the flexibility of digital assets [crypto] was a huge factor in the project's success, stating: "The fact that we mine digital assets gives us a unique opportunity to bring our operations directly to where the energy is generated. This is something that traditional data centers can’t easily replicate because of their grid reliance and high uptime requirements."