Putin converts the focus into computing power for artificial intelligence by restricting encryption activity
Russia is preparing for ban Current currency mining in data centers while turning the national focus towards digitization and developing artificial intelligence. The draft law aims to prevent miners from accessing energy support and reduced infrastructure reserved for prosecution operations.
The amendments to the draft law, which was submitted at the request of President Vladimir Putin, will prohibit mining activity in registered facilities as official data centers. Instead, these centers will benefit from lower electricity rates and the fastest access to the network to help expand the computer energy of huge data and Amnesty International.
Legislation reports databases as communications infrastructure and places them under a tougher and monitoring classification. If passed, it may explode for companies like Bitriver, which works on wide mining centers in areas like Irkutsk.
Putin defended this step by indicating pressure on regional electricity networks and the need to wisely use surplus power. While coding mining was legalized in 2024, many Russian lands imposed a ban, which raised questions about the long -term feasibility of industry in the country.
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