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Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Scot Johnson from Digital Shovel joins us from Toronto during Consensus 2025. Digital Shovel manufactures Bitcoin mining containers and electrical infrastructure in Canada. He discusses the impact of Trump's 10% tariffs on bitcoin mining infrastructure, Digital Shovel’s plans to open US assembly operations, the company’s upcoming gen 3 container design, and their new Blue Ax home miner.
# Notes:
- Digital Shovel makes vertically integrated mining containers
- 10% tariff from US to Canada affecting business
- Electrical infrastructure was majority of 2023 sales
- Blue Ax home miner launching at $99
- 7.2 TH/s pro version coming July 1st
- Newfoundland has 1.9¢/kWh Canadian power
Timestamps:
00:00 Start
02:14 What is Digital Shovel?
02:42 General compute infrastructure
03:52 Competing with bigger manufacturers
05:23 AI hardware
06:12 Made in North America
07:51 Adapting to tariffs
08:46 Modular vs permanent buildings
09:50 Example of AI & minings build
12:42 Who's buying?
14:36 Texas market
16:10 New Canadian government
17:28 Tariffs are taxes on business
19:38 Container design changes
21:12 Air vs liquid cooling
21:31 New chip cooling designs
23:33 BluAX
27:27 Canadian facts
