Bitcoin Mining Start-Up in Idaho Challenges Utility on Rates for Energy-Gobbling Data Centers

Jay Jorgensen is a believer in bitcoin—and, he contends, in solving the problems that give the cryptocurrency mining industry a bad climate reputation. In 2014, he was an early investor in bitcoin, which was fluctuating from $100 to $1,000 in value. In 2017, he struck gold when that shot up to $18,000...