What Bitcoin Mining Hosting Costs Around the World in 2026
We lined up 16 hosting offers by price per kWh. The cheapest and the most expensive are almost 2x apart, for the exact same machine.
Across 16 hosting offers listed on our marketplace in October 2026, prices run from 3.6¢/kWh (Nigeria) to 6.65¢/kWh (Czechia). Most US facilities cluster tightly around 4.5¢. For a single Antminer S21 XP, that spread is worth about $80 a month, or close to $1,000 a year per machine. Price is only the start, though: uptime, curtailment terms and contract length decide what you actually pay.
If you mine Bitcoin and don't own a site, your biggest cost isn't the machine. It's the electricity bill your hosting provider sends you every month, for years.
We run a marketplace for mining sites and hosting capacity, so we see a lot of hosting offers. This month we put every hosting offer on our board side by side, sorted by price per kWh. Here's what the market looks like right now, and what the headline number doesn't tell you.
The numbers
All prices are per kWh, as quoted by the hosting providers listed on CryptoSites.io in October 2026.
| Location | Price per kWh | Power source | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3.6¢ | Gas | 33 MW |
| Ethiopia | 3.99¢ | Hydro | 40 MW |
| UAE (Dubai & Abu Dhabi) | 4.2¢ | Gas | 34 MW |
| Finland | 4.4¢ | Grid + wind | 22 MW |
| Arctic Norway | 4.4¢ | Hydro | 36 MW |
| Georgia, USA | 4.5¢ | Grid | 34 MW |
| South Carolina, USA | 4.5¢ | Gas | 68 MW |
| Houston, Texas | 4.5¢ | Gas | 45 MW |
| Texas, USA | 4.5¢ | Gas, wind, solar | 65 MW |
| Kansas, USA | 4.55¢ | Grid | 24 MW |
| New York, USA | 4.55¢ | Grid | 100 MW |
| Canada | 4.76¢ | Hydro | 25 MW |
| Brazil | 4.83¢ | Hydro | 26 MW |
| Paraguay | 4.83¢ | Hydro | 12 MW |
| Kazakhstan | 4.9¢ | Grid (7-year prepaid rate) | 24 MW |
| Czechia | 6.65¢ | Grid | 10 MW |
Three things stand out.
The US is remarkably uniform. Georgia, South Carolina, Houston, wider Texas, Kansas and New York all land between 4.5¢ and 4.55¢. Different grids, different power sources, nearly the same price. That's what a mature, competitive hosting market looks like: providers price against each other, not against their own costs.
Hydro isn't automatically cheap. Ethiopia is, at 3.99¢. But Norway, Canada, Brazil and Paraguay sit between 4.4¢ and 4.83¢, in the same band as US gas and grid. Renewable power is a selling point for some buyers, but it doesn't buy you a discount.
The cheapest options come with the most questions. Nigeria and Ethiopia are the only offers under 4¢. They're real facilities, but they come with jurisdiction, logistics and currency questions that a facility in Georgia doesn't. More on that below.
What the spread means in dollars
Take one Antminer S21 XP drawing 3,645 W. Running 24/7, it uses about 2,660 kWh a month.
| Price per kWh | Monthly power cost per machine |
|---|---|
| 3.6¢ (Nigeria) | ~$96 |
| 4.5¢ (most of the US) | ~$120 |
| 4.9¢ (Kazakhstan) | ~$130 |
| 6.65¢ (Czechia) | ~$177 |
Between the cheapest and the most expensive offer, that's about $81 a month per machine. Over a year, close to $1,000. Over 1,000 machines, close to $1 million a year, for identical hardware producing identical hashrate.
Whether a machine is profitable at all depends on Bitcoin's price, network difficulty and fees, which move daily. We track that live for 450+ miners on our ASIC Board (cryptosites.io/asic-board), where you can set your own power price and see revenue, power cost and profit per day.
What the headline price doesn't tell you
A hosting quote of 4.5¢ is the start of the conversation, not the end. Before you compare two offers, ask these:
What's included? Some quotes are a pure power rate, others bundle a service fee, and some (like one US multi-site provider on our board at 5.5¢) advertise zero service fees on top. A 4.5¢ rate plus a monthly per-machine fee can easily cost more than 5¢ all-in.
What's the uptime history? A cheaper site that's down 10% of the time can cost you more than a pricier one at 98% uptime. Ask for actual uptime data, not a target.
What happens during curtailment? In markets like Texas, sites often curtail during price spikes. Who gets the curtailment credits, and are you still paying for the power you didn't use?
How long is the contract, and what's the deposit? The Kazakhstan rate is a 7-year prepaid rate. That's a very different commitment from a month-to-month contract at 4.55¢.
Where is your hardware, legally? Import duties, customs, the ability to get machines out again, and local rules on mining all matter more as you move away from the established markets.
Who handles repairs? On-site technicians, spare parts and turnaround times vary hugely between providers.
How to use this
If you're comparing hosting today, use the table to know what's normal. In the US, anything far above 4.5¢ needs a good reason: better uptime, better terms or no service fees. Anything far below it deserves extra questions.
If you're open to looking abroad, the under-4¢ offers are real, but price in the risk and the logistics before the savings.
And whatever the rate, get the contract terms, the uptime history and the curtailment policy in writing before you ship a single machine.
CryptoSites.io is a marketplace for powered land, mining sites and hosting capacity worldwide. Hosting prices in this article are taken from offers listed on cryptosites.io in October 2026 and can change at any time. This is not financial advice.
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