Bitcoin Mining and Cryptocurrency Data Centers

MEP Design for Crypto Currency Data Centers

Bitcoin Mining and Cryptocurrency Data Center MEP Design Services

RWB Consulting Engineers provides design expertise to ensure that mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems associated with a cryptocurrency data center are reliable, efficient, and cost-effective. We design cryptocurrency facilities from 1 MW to 700 MW in size.

Since its inception in 2009, cryptocurrency has continued to grow and gain in popularity. A unique aspect of this fully electronic currency is that the system is completely decentralized. That means that anyone with enough interest and capital can build, operate, and maintain a facility to “mine” (or generate) the currency. Cryptocurrency mining data center facilities have become increasingly popular in the North Texas area.

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Gigawatts

RWB has extensive cryptocurrency design experience. Our current portfolio includes 3.5 Gigawatts of cryptocurrency data centers and mining facilities.

What is a Bitcoin Mining Data Center?

Money may not grow on trees, but you can create bitcoin through an effort called mining. In traditional currency, financial institutions verify transactions. But with cryptocurrencies, anyone with a computer server can help to validate transactions. Computers work to solve cryptographic problems to ensure the legitimacy of ledger entries, and as a reward for this work, the bitcoin network rewards those who contribute to this process with bitcoins.

The more computers and servers you can operate, the more bitcoins you can earn. Many miners get their start simply by running one server out of their home. However, expanding the mining operation means investing in a dedicated data center to operate bitcoin mining servers.

Computers work to solve cryptographic problems to ensure the legitimacy of ledger entries, and as a reward for this work, the bitcoin network rewards those who contribute to this process with bitcoins.

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Cryptocurrency Data Center vs. Traditional Data Centers

A crypto mining data center has similar properties to a typical data center. These projects typically require electrical design for power distribution, and mechanical design for airflow and thermal control. Because bitcoin mining servers are processing financial data and transactions, our MEP designers include a higher level of redundancy for these projects.

Some of the major differences between a data center with mining servers versus other types of servers include:

Managing electrical demands – mining servers operate at a high computational power 24/7 with significant electrical demands. This needs to be accounted for in the electrical design to minimize downtime and ensure reliability.
Heat dissipation – many data centers house storage servers, but bitcoin mining servers have high-performing powerful computers dissipating heat constantly. Mechanical designers will coordinate server location and airflow movement to manage the thermal conditions in the space.
High server turnover – traditional data centers are equipped with specialized racks or cabinets and in a space well-protected from the elements. By contrast, we design a mining server room to maximize the number of servers in the space, understanding that pushing the servers to their limit will require frequent replacement. We design data centers used for cryptocurrency mining with this in mind.
Server operating temperatures – mining servers are unique in that many can operate at very high ambient temperatures, some up to 90F. That means the requirement for cooling is much less than those of a traditional data center.
Energy consumption – because of the enormous amount of computation power required to mine bitcoin, the energy usage is also significant. A key factor in bitcoin data center design is ensuring the operational costs are favorable. Our team can assist with a payback analysis to help inform your decision.

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MEP Design Engineers for Bitcoin Mining Server Rooms

RWB Consulting Engineers can help design the MEP systems for cryptocurrency server room projects. Our team of MEP engineers is proficient in data center design and operation. Since 1986, our team has been providing the highest quality engineering services in North Texas. Contact us today to discuss your data center needs.