Experts say Texas will be home to 20% of the world's cryptocurrency mining in the near future. But why is the Lone Star State so attractive to companies looking to mine cryptocurrency?
Host Baylee Friday visits the city-owned Denton Energy Center, where a company called Core Scientific is building a 300-megawatt data center to mine crypto. Denton Municipal Electric Assistant General Manager Terry Naulty explains how the city and Core Scientific came to their agreement.
Plus Ashish Agarwal, an associate professor at the University of Texas' McCombs School of Business breaks down cryptocurrency and Jeremy Fisher of the Sierra Club explains the environmental concerns.
