On the value of Bitcoin mining to the grid operator
"They have the flexibility to turn off their total consumption on a moment's notice that value means that unlike any other industry, even another data center, ... it does what we have been looking for at ERCOT for years and years. It creates a dynamic load meaning that we don't have to have another generator."
~ Brad Jones, 2023. Interim CEO ERCOT (Grid of Texas)
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