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Norway’s government proposes eliminating reduced electricity tax for Bitcoin miners

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“We are in a completely different situation in the power market now than when the reduced rate for data centers was introduced in 2016,” said Norway’s finance minister.

Trygve Slagsvold Vedum, the finance minister of Norway, has suggested the government abolish a scheme that allows crypto data centers to pay a reduced rate on electricity.

In an Oct. 6 announcement, the government of Norway proposed that data centers operating in the country be subject to the same electricity tax rates as other industries, representing a potential change in policy for Bitcoin (BTC) miners. According to the government, the reduced rate should be phased out as the demand for electricity was rising in certain areas.

“We are in a completely different situation in the

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