00:00Forget secret drug labs. In the mountains of Mexico, authorities uncovered this hidden crypto mining farm.
00:06Here's what's behind it. The building in the Sierra Norte region in the state of Puebla contained 300 graphics processing
00:13units,
00:14dozens of medium voltage terminals, and several satellite antennas.
00:18Authorities suspect crypto mining. This is a process in which cryptocurrency transactions, for example with Bitcoin, are validated.
00:25Crypto miners compete to solve a math equation, and whoever solves it fastest wins a reward, more cryptocurrency.
00:33To achieve that, lots of computing power and electricity are needed. Therefore, the police are investigating energy theft.
00:40El mercado negro se beneficia mucho de que haya ciertas infraestructuras estratégicas, en este caso, extra hidroeléctrica.
00:48The authorities are also reportedly looking into whether the operation was used by cartels for money laundering.
00:54Les abre un sinfín de posibilidades. Ellos mismos pueden crear su propia riqueza sin ponerse en riesgo, sin cometer homicidios.
01:03And this is not the first case. Last year, three other crypto mining operations were discovered in the same area.
