Gazprom partners with Crypto Energy to deploy modular data center at gas field in Siberia

Type: Partnership · Technology: Gas · Country: Russia · Announced: 2026-09-18

Russian state-owned gas company Gazprom has launched a pilot project with cryptocurrency firm Crypto Energy to power a modular data center site behind the meter using natural gas from the depleted Medvezhye gas field in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug region of northwestern Siberia. Crypto Energy will construct the modular data center and a gas piston power plant, which will directly power the facility, while Gazprom will provide low-pressure gas to the site with assistance from the local regional government for government support. The project comes shortly after the Russian government banned Bitcoin mining in Moscow and surrounding regions to ease pressure on the power grid, highlighting that Siberian energy costs remain significantly cheaper. Gazprom noted its project portfolio includes providing spare power generation capacity at fields like Bovanenkovo for data center creation in Russian regions.

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Gazprom and Crypto Energy announced on 2026-09-18 a partnership to build a modular data center powered by a gas piston power plant using low‑pressure gas from the depleted Medvezhye gas field in the Yamalo‑Nenets Autonomous Okrug, northwestern Siberia. Gazprom is the world’s largest natural‑gas company by reserves and production and is state‑controlled. Crypto Energy is a cryptocurrency firm partnering on the project. The arrangement calls for Crypto Energy to construct the modular data center and the gas piston power plant while Gazprom will supply the gas with assistance from the regional government. No financial value or capacity figures were disclosed.

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