In an August 2022 report to the Committee on Foreign Investment, Microsoft warned the mine could allow the Chinese to pursue full-spectrum intelligence collection operations.
U.S. national security agencies are taking steps to guard against possible intelligence collection efforts on military sites from Chinese bitcoin mining sites.
U.S. national security agencies are taking steps to guard against possible intelligence collection efforts on military sites from Chinese bitcoin mining sites in the U.S., The New York Times reported.
Amid political tensions between the United States and China, officials are reportedly looking into mining facilities that have the potential to affect U.S. national security.
Without the cooling system, the supercomputers will likely overheat and shut down. We have been so preoccupied with the damage that AI might be doing when it comes to taking over jobs and stealing copyrighted data, we overlooked what its impact could be to the environment.