Wu said that according to Cryptonews, the Russian government and the country's crypto miner BitRiver announced that they would build mining data centers in the BRICS countries. The plan involves the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), and the two parties announced the news at the BRICS Business Forum in Moscow on October 18. BitRiver CEO Igor Runets said that the plan will focus on building infrastructure based on crypto mining and enhancing global computing power to support the development of artificial intelligence projects. Currently, BitRiver has 21 data centers in Russia and is building 10 new centers.