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Bitcoin difficulty slips 0.03% at block 969,696
Bitcoin began difficulty epoch 481 with a target of 132.716 trillion, almost unchanged from the previous 132.757 trillion. The tiny adjustment confirms that recent block production stayed close to the protocol schedule.
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Oracle proposes to absorb $300 million in Point Beach energy costs
Oracle says a planned subscription to part of the Wisconsin nuclear plant’s output could save more than one million utility customers about $300 million. The arrangement still requires state regulatory approval.
NiceHash reports one EasyMining user found two Bitcoin blocks in a day
The company says rented hashpower found blocks 967,911 and 967,915 only four blocks apart, producing more than 6 BTC in combined rewards. The event does not make solo-style mining predictable or guaranteed.
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Applied Digital brings another 75 MW online at Polaris Forge 1
Three newly ready 25 MW halls lift the Ellendale campus to 250 MW of operating critical IT load; the fully leased campus remains contracted for 400 MW at full buildout.
Amazon commits more than $1 billion to U.S. data-center communities
Built Together adds funding over five years for education, workforce training, energy upgrades, water projects and locally directed grants; most participation details and outcomes remain future work.
Bitcoin Core merges RPC client timeout and empty-response fixes
The master branch now distinguishes Content-Length: 0 from a missing header and resets rpcclienttimeout for each socket wait; the change is merged source code, not a released binary.
Enerflex wins an order for 450 MW of behind-the-meter data-center power
The company will design and assemble natural-gas generation units for an unnamed North American developer, with deliveries planned from 2027 through 2028; the contract price and site were not disclosed.
Wärtsilä, Schneider and Stanley present a generator-to-chip data-center model
The three companies propose coordinating onsite generation, electrical systems and engineering from the start; no customer, site, megawatt award or guaranteed schedule saving was announced.
DataBank buys the building that houses its MSP2 data center near Minneapolis
The operator converted the previously leased Eagan facility into owned real estate to gain long-term control; the purchase price, capacity changes and expansion budget were not disclosed.
