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Re:Wind energy used to mine cryptocurrency to fund climate r... by allenz on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @05:51PM (#15298666)
No matter how oversubscribed, VM systems have to supply enough servers to meet peak demand, which means inefficiency during the trough. Amazon's spot billing means that they can approach 100% utilization 24/7.
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