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Data center developers often promise local jobs, noise controls, and environmental protections. Residents have a more immediate question: how will these power-hungry projects affect their electricity bills?
As America’s demand for computing power accelerates and drives unprecedented economic growth, those of us building this infrastructure have a responsibility to do it the right way. Since its inception, Bitdeer has never required residential households or small businesses to subsidize the cost for grid access for its bitcoin mining operations. We will carry this core principle forward as we expand into building AI/HPC infrastructure.
American regional communities will play an outsized role in the future of digital infrastructure. That’s why Bitdeer is investing beyond the project site.
Since our Rockdale, Texas site went live in 2019, we’ve seen more mining and data center sites come online across the state, making it one of the most important places in the world for digital infrastructure.
Joshua Buzzell, Executive Vice President of Engineering at Bitdeer, joined Blake King, Head of Power at Galaxy Digital, and Giovanni Mariani, Technical Manager for North America at LU-VE Group, on a panel titled "Building and Servicing the Next Wave of Data Centers" at the recent Energy Investors Forum in Irving, Texas. The discussion was moderated by BlocksBridge Consulting. The following are Buzzell's remarks, lightly edited for length and clarity.
Bitdeer’s approach to site development is rooted in collaboration and accountability. We are committed to engage stakeholders, including public officials, community leaders, and residents — listening to concerns and exchanging insights in co-developing solutions.
In the first installment of this series, we explored a foundational idea: Bitcoin mining was never just about digital currency. It was designed as a long-term energy system running on a supply schedule that extends over more than a century. In the second installment, we examined how that system is not unique to Bitcoin. Modern AI data centers are built on the same physical foundation—chips, power, cooling, and infrastructure—all working together to turn electricity into Bitcoin mining and AI processing at scale.
Bitdeer’s Associate Director of Government Relations, Elizabeth Duchek, joined a panel discussion with James Cheng (Canaan) and Jonathan Brightbill (U.S. Department of Energy), moderated by Sonia Murphy of the Digital Power Network. The conversation covered Bitcoin mining's role as a flexible grid resource, partnerships with stranded energy assets, the path from mining to AI data centers, supply chain challenges, and the regulatory barriers facing the industry.
In the first installment of this series, we examined a simple but powerful idea: Bitcoin mining was always designed as an energy system.
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