Cryptocurrency data mining company opening facility in Fayetteville
10:00 AND ON WRAL NEWS AT
11:00.
>> THANK YOU, MARK.
>>> THE HIGH-TECH CRYPTO MINING
DECIDED TO MAKE FAYETTEVILLE ITS
HOME.
THEY PLAN TO OPEN THEIR REGIONAL
OFFICE AND YET TO BE ANNOUNCED
IN THE CITY.
WRAL FAYETTEVILLE REPORTER
GILBERT BAEZ SPOKE TO THE
COMPANY'S CEO ABOUT WHAT IT
MEANS FOR THE REGION.
>> WELL I TALKED WITH CEO
ANTONIO BESARD FOR 15 MINUTES
THIS MORNING.
HE TOLD ME WHERE THE SITE IS
GOING TO BE, BUT SWORE ME TO
SECRECY.
IT'S A GREAT LOCATION, AND IT
WILL UTILIZE A SITE IN
FAYETTEVILLE THAT IS VERY
FAMILIAR TO EVERYONE.
FAYETTEVILLE IS QUICKLY
BECOMING A PLACE WHERE
BUSINESSES LOVE TO DO BUSINESS.
PLAN C CRYPTO IS BASED IN
CALIFORNIA, BUT THE REGIONAL
OFFICE IS GOING TO BE IN
FAYETTEVILLE.
ANTONIO BESARD, THE COMPANY'S
CEO SAYS FAYETTEVILLE HAS AN
UNDERUTILIZED SKILLED WORK FORCE
THANKS TO FORT BRAGG.
YOU CHOSE FAYETTEVILLE TO SET
THIS UP.
WHY FAYETTEVILLE?
>> THERE IS NOT ENOUGH
HIGH-PAYING TECH JOBS IN
FAYETTEVILLE.
IT'S A SOLAR THAT
RECENTLY SEPARATED FROM THE
MILITARY.
IT'S A REGULAR IN THE
BATTLEFIELD.
THEY COULD FIX THE CRYPTO MINING
IN OUR FACILITIES.
>> Reporter: FAYETTEVILLE WILL
BECOME THE COMPANY'S FOURTH
CRYPTO MINING FACILITY IN NORTH
CAROLINA WITH THE VERY WIDE PAY
SCALE.
>> I SUSPECT MY HIGHEST PAYING
JOB FOR FAYETTEVILLE WILL BE
AROUND HALF A MILLION DOLLARS A
YEAR.
IT WILL BE ABOUT $42,500 A
YEAR.
>> Reporter: HE SAYS MOST
EMPLOYEES WILL EARN BETWEEN
$60,000 AND $100,000 A YEAR.
THE KIND OF JOBS FAYETTEVILLE
CUMBERLAND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION HAS BEEN HOLDING OUT
TO GET.
>> I THINK FOR YEARS WE'VE HAD A
STRONGIC IT COMMUNITY BUBBLING
BELOW THE SURFACE OFTEN WORKING
WITH THE MILITARY OR FOR THE
MILITARY.
WHEN YOU SEE INVESTMENTS LIKE
THIS AT METRO NET AND SEGRA
COMING HERE, IT'S AN EXCITING
TIME FOR US.
>> Reporter: THE CRYPTO MINING
REGULATION REQUIRES LOTS OF
ELECTRICAL POWER.
THE COMPANY WILL BE WORKING
CLOSELY WITH FAYETTEVILLE'S PWC
TO GET IT.
>> TO SEE A VERY INTELLIGENT
PUBLIC UTILITY PERSON UNDERSTAND
THIS AND HOW WE COULD LOWER THE
REST FOR THREE TO FOUR YEARS IS
A BEAUTIFUL THING TO SEE.
>> Reporter: THE COMPANY WILL BE
BRINGING 19 JOBS TO FAYETTEVILLE
THIS SUMMER AND ANOTHER 150 JOBS
BY NEXT YEAR.