Crypto became far less damaging to the environment in 2022 after Ethereum, the second biggest blockchain, lowered its carbon emissions by 99%. That puts a bigger spotlight on bitcoin, which is estimated to have emitted 86.3 million tons of carbon in 2022.
Nuclear power may be able to help. Cumulus Data has completed a data center connected to Pennsylvania's Susquehanna nuclear power station, with plans to this year begin hosting the space for Bitcoin mining company TeraWulf. The center's completion, which was announced last week by Cumulus Data, sets it up to be the first nuclear-powered bitcoin mine in the US.
