Norway plans temporary ban on power-intensive cryptocurrency mining

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June 20, 2025 5:46 AM EDT

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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Norway aims to impose a temporary ban on the establishment of new data centres that mine cryptocurrency with the most power-intensive technology, in order to conserve electricity for other industries, the Nordic country's government said on Friday.

"The Labour Party government has a clear intention to limit the mining of cryptocurrency in Norway as much as possible," Minister for Digitalization and Public Administration Karianne Tung said in a statement.

"Cryptocurrency mining is very power-intensive and generates little in the way of jobs and income for the local community," she added.

A temporary ban could be introduced during the autumn of 2025, the government said.

(Reporting by Louise Breusch Rasmussen, editing by Terje Solsvik)


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