Ethiopia makes data center deal with Hong Kong company, may start mining
The Ethiopian government investment fund has signed an MoU with Data Center Service on a $250-million data mining and AI training deal.
The Ethiopian government has entered into a partnership with a Hong Kong data center operator. According to reports, Bitcoin mining will be among the activities the sides develop together.
State-owned Ethiopian Investment Holdings has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Data Center Service, a subsidiary of Hong Kong’s West Data Group, according to an announcement released on Feb. 5. Ethiopia and West Data will cooperate on a $250-million project “dedicated to establishing cutting-edge infrastructure for data mining and artificial intelligence training operations in Ethiopia.”
Kal Kassa, CEO for Ethiopia at Hashlabs Mining, stated in an X post that:
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