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The Sioux Energy Center has mined 20 Bitcoin in secret since April
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Electric services provider the Ameren Corporation announced Monday that it has successfully mined upwards of 20 Bitcoin using excess energy generated by one of its coal-based power plants — the Sioux Energy Center in West Alton, Missouri.
While the company set up the data center used to mine the coins back in April, it did not publicly announce the addition until today. Its half-megawatt mining facility taps into the Sioux Energy Energy Center’s 972 MW generation capacity to complete the necessary proof-of-work based mining activities.
Ameren’s goals in launching the operation appear to have been to stop a decline in the power plant’s energy generation, and to provide the company with a new revenue stream. When mining began in April, the
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