Switchgear fire forces shutdown at Greenidge Generation Dresden facility

What happened

On 23 November 2025, a fire at the 106 MW Dresden facility of Greenidge Generation in New York state was reported, in a company filing, to have followed an electrical switchgear failure. The fire was contained, and automated safety protocols required the site to be fully de-energised. The company said its Bitcoin miners were not damaged and that it expected operations to resume in the next few weeks. The underlying cause was reported as still under investigation.

Contributing factors

The company attributed the fire to an electrical switchgear failure. The underlying cause has not been reported and was said to remain under investigation.

Lessons learned

1. A switchgear fault can force a full site shutdown even when computing equipment is not itself damaged.
2. Automated de-energisation can contain an electrical fire and protect other plant.
3. The stated failure mode and the underlying cause should be kept separate until an investigation is complete.

Source

datacenterdynamics.com