Bitcoin Mining Electricity Demand Jumps 38% as Hydropower Takes the Lead
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Bitcoin Mining Electricity Demand Jumps 38% as Hydropower Takes the Lead
Bitcoin mining electricity demand reached an annualised 190 terawatt-hours (TWh) in December 2025, up 38% from 138 TWh recorded in June 2024, according to preliminary findings from the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF). Alexander Neumueller of the CCAF presented the figures at the Energy Investors Forum in Dallas. The 52 TWh increase came alongside a shift in the energy mix: hydropower has overtaken natural gas as Bitcoin mining’s …
Key Points of the News The bitcoin network's hashrate has fallen by about 17% since its historic peak, reflecting growing pressure on the mining economy. Public miners are redirecting energy to AI and high-performance computing, with more than $70 billion in contracts announced across the sector. Hut 8's AI data center portfolio has reached $26.6 billion in base contract value added value, demonstrating how mining infrastructure can unlock a sec…
Bitcoin Mining Capacity Shifts as AI Data Center Demand Grows - Invest In Crypto News
Publicly traded Bitcoin miners are cutting mining capacity faster than the Bitcoin network overall, suggesting that more operators are redirecting electricity and infrastructure toward data centers and high-performance computing (HPC), in another sign of the sector’s evolution beyond creating more crypto. In the latest Miner Weekly newsletter, BlocksBridge Consulting reported that realized hashrate among a cohort of public Bitcoin miners fell fr…
Bitcoin miners’ hashrate drops 13.4% as AI infrastructure revenue rises
Public Bitcoin mining companies are shrinking their realized hashrate faster than the broader Bitcoin network, according to a BlocksBridge Consulting analysis reported in Miner Weekly. The data suggests some operators are redeploying electricity, facilities, and hardware toward data-center and high-performance computing (HPC) workloads rather than expanding crypto mining. In the latest Miner Weekly update, BlocksBridge Consulting tracked a cohor…
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