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Location, Location, Location: Where Should You Build Your Mining Farm? If you are expanding from a home miner to a small farm (10+ units), you can't just keep them in your living room. The noise and heat are unbearable. You need a dedicated location.
But what makes a good mining location? It comes down to three factors: Climate, Power, and Politics.
1. Climate (Cooling is Cost)
ASICs generate massive heat.
- Bad Location: A tropical country with 35°C average temperature. You will spend a fortune on air conditioning (AC), which destroys profitability.
- Good Location: A cold region (like Scandinavia, Canada, or Northern USA). You can use "Free Air Cooling" – simply pulling outside air through the building. This costs almost nothing.
2. Power Infrastructure
Cheap power is useless if it is unstable.
- You need a location with industrial-grade wiring.
- Check the "Uptime" of the grid. If the power cuts out for 1 hour every day, you lose 4% of your revenue and risk damaging hardware with constant restarts.
3. Political Stability (Regulation)
This is often overlooked.
- Is mining legal in the region?
- Are there specific taxes on crypto?
- Look at what happened in China in 2021: They banned mining overnight, and miners had to flee. Choose a jurisdiction that is friendly or neutral towards Bitcoin.
The "Home Farm" Compromise
If you can't move to Iceland, optimize your local space.
- Use a garage or shed.
- Install high-velocity exhaust fans to remove heat.
- Use sound-dampening foam to keep neighbors happy.
Conclusion
Your hardware is mobile; your infrastructure is not. Spend time planning your location. A miner in a cool, cheap-energy environment will always outperform a miner in a hot, expensive one, even with the same machine.
