Beauharnois

Bitfarms / Hydro-Québec industrial park · Beauharnois, Québec, Canada

Water — consumed, not returned

Where the water comes from

Closed loop — negligible draw

Cooling

Free cooling most of the year on hydro power

Basis

Modelled from cooling design — WUE 0.10 L/kWh

Air — what the stacks emit

Where it burns

Norway — Statnett

Generation mix

Hydro 88 · Wind 10

CO₂e

29.8 kt/yr — climate, not air quality

Who wanted it

Who asked for it

Mixed hosting customers; several Québec sites have been re-leased from bitcoin miners to AI operators

Who approved it

Hydro-Québec paused new large-load connections in 2023 and now allocates blocks selectively, explicitly deprioritising crypto in favour of AI and industry

What it serves

Compute hosting converting from crypto mining to AI training

IT capacity

120 MW running of 250 MW announced

Québec is the clearest case of a utility rationing cheap clean power between competing digital uses. The crypto-to-AI conversion happening here is repeating across Texas and the Nordics.

Where it is

45.3150°, -73.8720°

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Water and air figures are modelled from disclosed capacity, not measured — site-level error is roughly ±40%. Diesel backup generators are not counted, so on-site figures are floors. Full method.