Mining is entering the AI ​​industry

American mining companies are gradually transforming their data centers to collaborate with startups developing applications and services based on artificial intelligence (AI).

The latter rent computing and energy capacity that cryptocurrency miners have. However, the process of integrating these industries will be slow, according to Phil Harvey, CEO of the consulting company Sabre56.

Harvey pointed to the expensive and slow process of transforming a data center into a facility for serving AI companies. The Mainers will have to invest in increasing the centers' productivity by 10-15 times.

AI companies require a lot of energy to process data - up to 200 GW, Harvey emphasized.