One way to keep the costs of crypto-mining down is to relocate mines to wherever electricity is cheapest. Cheaper still is having others foot the bill https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2026/04/22/crypto-miners-are-quietly-colonising-computers?taid=69ea526ce23f1b000178bb74&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=voante
