Arctic Bitcoin? Hilcorp, tech firm aim to test North Slope data center A Hilcorp oil field in Alaska’s Arctic is set to host a tech firm that wants to use natural gas-fired power to mine digital currency.
Data centers face growing opposition Outside. Gov. Mike Dunleavy wants them in Alaska. The Republican governor says Alaska has in excess what the data industry is finding increasingly scarce Outside: land and water, if not cheap electricity. He also says new data centers would boost the case for Alaska’s proposed natural gas pipeline.
