Hidden crypto farm in Mexican mountains puts spotlight on cartel funding墨西哥山区一处隐秘的加密货币农场揭露卡特尔资金来源。
TLAOLA, Mexico, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Nestled in the lush green mountains of Central Mexico, next to a sparsely traveled gravel road, few people had reason to wander close enough to hear the loud, mechanical whirring of a clandestine cryptocurrency farm.
A drone view shows a community near the building where authorities said they found a suspected illegal cryptocurrency mining operation that was allegedly drawing power from infrastructure linked to a nearby hydroelectric system, in Tlatlapanala, Puebla state, Mexico, September 8, 2026. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril
TLAOLA, Mexico, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Nestled in the lush green mountains of Central Mexico, next to a sparsely traveled gravel road, few people had reason to wander close enough to hear the loud, mechanical whirring of a clandestinecryptocurrency farm.
What led police to the ramshackle building, suspected of mining virtual coins to launder illicit funds, was not only the noise but the vast amount of electricity needed to power and cool hundreds of specialized computing units, at levels far surpassing the needs of the small communities scattered around the Sierra Norte region of Puebla state.
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2026年9月8日，在墨西哥普埃布拉州特拉特拉帕纳拉，无人机拍摄的画面显示，在一栋建筑附近的社区里，当局称他们发现了一处疑似非法加密货币挖矿窝点，该窝点据称正在利用附近水电站的基础设施窃取电力。（路透社/丹尼尔·贝塞里尔摄）
墨西哥特拉奥拉，9 月 12 日（路透社）——在墨西哥中部郁郁葱葱的群山之中，一条人迹罕至的碎石路旁，很少有人会走近到足以听到一个秘密加密货币农场发出的响亮的机械嗡嗡声。
警方之所以找到这栋破旧的建筑物（怀疑它挖虚拟货币来洗钱），不仅是因为噪音，还因为这里需要大量的电力来为数百台专用计算机供电和冷却，其用电量远远超过了散布在普埃布拉州北部山区的小社区的需求。
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