Government studying a temporary ban on new crypto data centres (written question 15:3707)
عنوان اصلی (نروژی): Regjeringen utreder midlertidig forbud mot nye kryptodatasentre (skriftlig spørsmål 15:3707)
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Rødt's Sofie Marhaug asked in a written question when the government will present its planned state planning rule to limit crypto mining, and which EEA rules it relies on for saying Norway cannot ban mining outright. Digitalisation minister Torgeir Micaelsen answered on 18 September that the government wants to restrict mining as far as it can, because it uses a lot of power and returns little to local communities in jobs and income. He said Norway attracts miners through low power prices, renewable power, a stable grid and a cool climate, and that any measure has to work. The question was submitted on 10 September.