I have a hunch the story is fake and the image is AI
I have a hunch we live in a simulation
Every day I’m finding it harder to be able to identify AI, and it’s only going to get worse.

Depends. But usually such mining centres are closed like bunkers and don’t let any people or animals in.

Maybe in India smb. built this in a shack and the cats went there, but then it would not be that much money lost.