Why should Chinese miners set up mining farms in South east Asia? Geographic proximity is of no importance in bitcoin mining. Plus if locals experience power cuts, then electricity is unreliable as well. They should look to countries with abundant, cheap and clean electricity like Greenland
Are you sure about that?
First is that Greenland is not really a country as it is part of the Kingdom of Denmark and second that Greenland in burning quite a lot of oil to produce energy.
And remember, the population is only around ~60 000.
A huge mining farm would drain all the available energy.
Power cuts and complaints from residents? That's what you get when you set up a facility with a power draw of 200kW in a neighbourhood supplied by a 200kW transformer 
In some countries the power grids aren't made for industrial use, that's why you can't simply go wherever you like, grab a thick wire and a couple 50A breakers and start mining. Mining isn't unwanted, stupidity is.
In some countries the power grids aren't made for industrial use, that's why you can't simply go wherever you like, grab a thick wire and a couple 50A breakers and start mining. Mining isn't unwanted, stupidity is. I don't think that in any country is the power grid for residential areas designed to allow a mining farm to use it and I'm surprised we haven't yet heard of an electric company suing miners for the damage to the infrastructure.
Or some news about a neighbor smashing the door of a miner fed up with the power cuts and the noise.
I was a miner myself but if my neighbor would start mining in the flat next to me with some s9 and their aircraft fans I'll probably have a serious crowbar talk with him.
