ASIC Repair Technician Certification Coming to the US

Bitmain's "Ant Training Academy" certification program will soon be available in North America.

The new location was developed in partnership with Core Scientific, a U.S. based mining hosting provider.

On-site repairs are keyThis may have important implications for the mining industry in the United States.

As Kristy-Leigh Minehan, former CTO of Core Scientific, explained, this ability is "Highly coveted for mining farms."

ASIC miners often suffer faults from a single chip that renders the entire device unusable.

China-based miners thus had a natural competitive advantage, which was only magnified by the outside travel restrictions China imposed following the Coronavirus outbreak.

A U.S.-based training facility makes it much easier for local technicians to obtain the valuable certification.

As Cointelegraph previously reported, some of Bitmain's mining devices reported failure rates as high as 30%.The state of the U.S. mining industryDespite reports suggesting that almost two thirds of the global mining hashrate is located in China, U.S.-based miners continued to grow.

Some other companies have nevertheless been impacted by the halving, with DPW Holdings shutting down its mining business soon after Bitcoin's crash in March.

Bitmain itself operates "The world's largest" mining facility in Rockdale, Texas, with a planned maximum capacity of 50 Megawatts.