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​Cheap electricity, cold weather provide 'huge marketing opportunity' for Manitoba to attract bitcoin 'miners'

​Cheap electricity, cold weather provide 'huge marketing opportunity' for Manitoba to attract bitcoin 'miners'

By Jacques Marcoux

As the buzz around bitcoin continues to reverberate across the globe, many large global cryptocurrency players have been quietly building inroads in Manitoba in search of cheap electricity to run their power-hungry operations.

Following several interviews with commercial real estate companies, economic development organizations, cryptocurrency industry players and Manitoba Hydro, CBC News has learned that several dozen out-of-province and international investors view Manitoba as a top-tier location to establish their cryptocurrency operations.

Read the full story on CBC Manitoba.

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