When China implemented very tough controls on bitcoin (et al) mining it resulted in a lot of spare mining capacity in the country
Bloomberg with a piece on the flood of second hand rigs into the market
- "I've had different Chinese groups show up at my office saying, 'Hey, we want to get 50,000 machines out of China,'" Dan Reitzik, chief executive officer of DMG Blockchain Solutions Inc., a crypto miner based in Canada, said in a phone interview. "A lot of these guys that have invested millions and millions of dollars are looking to get their machines out of the country."
Should be able to pick up a few on the cheap!
And, a BTC update: