According to @CNBC, Texas’ rapid data center expansion is raising blackout risk during extreme winter weather as large new loads connect to the ERCOT grid. Based on @CNBC’s report, higher peak demand in severe cold increases the likelihood of curtailments and power-price spikes for power-intensive computing in Texas, so traders should monitor ERCOT emergency alerts and real-time prices for potential impacts on BTC network hash rate, miner revenues, and AI-exposed equities.

According to @business, a global benchmark of clean energy stocks is outperforming major equity indexes and even gold as investors react to soaring renewables demand driven by the AI boom (Source: Bloomberg/@business). For crypto-aligned traders, electricity-intensive Bitcoin mining is sensitive to power mix and costs, making this clean-energy outperformance a relevant macro input when tracking mining economics and ESG narratives (Source: Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index; Source: Bloomberg/@business).