Greenidge tells Yates County board it operates about 17,000 Bitcoin miners and is considering possible AI/HPC conversion

Dale Irwin, president of Greenidge, attended the meeting to provide a preliminary project update. Irwin said the facility currently operates approximately 17,000 active Bitcoin miners continuously and employs roughly 25 people; he stated the company is analyzing the idea of converting some operations to AI/high-performance computing but has not made a formal proposal and would follow standard municipal site-plan review processes for any change.

Irwin told the board the facility uses closed-loop cooling and does not anticipate any increase in Seneca Lake water consumption with current operations; board members asked about disposition of decommissioned mining equipment and total energy demand, and Irwin said the company has multiple options under consideration and will share more detail as plans develop.