Hive Blockchain Boosts Capacity With 1,800 Antminer Order

The Antminer S19j Pro machines will be delivered in stages during the first half of next year.

AccessTimeIconAug 13, 2021 at 11:58 a.m. UTC
Updated Sep 14, 2021 at 1:39 p.m. UTC
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Hive Blockchain, a publicly listed crypto mining company, said it ordered 1,800 mining machines from Bitmain Technologies for delivery next year.

  • The Vancouver, Canada-based company did not provide a price for the purchase.
  • The Antminer S19j Pro machines will be delivered in stages during the first half, and will add a total hash power of 180 PH/s.
  • Earlier this month, the company ordered 4,000 miners from Canaan. Those machines, scheduled be delivered by the end of September, will add an aggregate hash power of 272 PH/s.
  • Hive Blockchain has data centers in its native Canada as well as in Sweden and Iceland and is traded on Nasdaq, the Toronto Stock Exchange and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

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