Bitcoin Mining Giant Buys Texas Land Once Promised for Green Fuel in $600M Bet
The post Bitcoin Mining Giant Buys Texas Land Once Promised for Green Fuel in $600M Bet appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. MARA, a major Bitcoin (BTC) mining company, will buy a large Texas site once planned as a green fuel plant. The company will turn the land into flexible power for mining and artificial intelligence (AI) tenants. The deal with fuel developer HIF Global could reach $600 million if targets are met. It hands MARA a fully permitted site with grid rights for up to 2,000 megawatts in Matagorda County. MARA Stock Performance. Source: TradingView MARA’s Texas Site Trades Fuel for Computing HIF Global promoted the site as the first large e-fuels plant in the United States. Texas Governor Greg Abbott backed the roughly $7 billion project. It would split water to make cleaner shipping fuel and recycle carbon dioxide. Crucially, HIF had already won full permits and a secured grid connection for about 1.8 gigawatts of power. Those approvals can take years to win in the race fo