Bitcoin's liquid cooling trend: mining machines innovate with green energy in saunas, hot springs, and greenhouses

The profit-driven pursuit of energy efficiency has led Bitcoin miners to emerge in unexpected places, such as a sauna in Brooklyn, New York, using the heat generated from Bitcoin mining to heat the hot tub. Canadian mining company HIVE also utilizes the heat generated from Bitcoin mining to provide heating for its factory swimming pool and has developed greenhouses for growing agricultural products.

Bitcoin Mining Machines Provide Heat for Saunas Through Liquid Cooling

According to a report by Reason, Jason Goodman, the owner of a sauna in Brooklyn, New York, mentioned that when he first moved to the city, traditional public bathhouses helped him through a difficult period. He founded the sauna in 2019 to recreate the life-changing experience for "sauna enthusiasts and those trying to optimize their lifespan and overall health."

Goodman is also a Bitcoin miner who does not use traditional fans to cool the mining rigs. Instead, he submerges them in a specially designed liquid that does not conduct electricity but absorbs the heat generated by the machines, a technique known as liquid cooling, which is gaining popularity in the tech industry this year. The heat exchanger then converts this heat into hot water that goes directly into the pool.

Goodman aims to achieve energy neutrality while earning Bitcoin. This is what he wants to prove to himself. His dream scenario is that every hotel, residential building, and public building will start converting their boiler systems, heating systems, or hot water systems to another system, much like how we are using and owning a large-scale distributed Bitcoin network.

Mining Company HIVE Invests in AI and Green Energy Recycling

Previously, we introduced the Canadian mining company HIVE, which, in order to more effectively utilize its heat energy, uses heat recovery in Lachute, Canada, to heat a factory that produces 200,000 square feet of swimming pools. Their facility in Sweden is also developing a greenhouse that will convert energy from the HIVE Boden facility to provide heating for a 90,000 square foot greenhouse, growing tomatoes and cucumbers, bringing local produce to northern Sweden, with completion expected in the third quarter of 2024.

It seems that Bitcoin miners, in addition to using hydroelectric and volcanic green energy generation, are also trying to convert excess heat energy, aiming for a more efficient energy-saving and carbon-reducing ecosystem.