According to @paoloardoino, Bitcoin and AI will compete for scarce electricity in a long-run equilibrium, elevating power as a critical input for both industries, source: @paoloardoino on X. For traders, AI-driven data centre electricity demand is projected to reach 620–1,050 TWh in 2026 from roughly 460 TWh in 2022, implying tighter grids and potential upward pressure on wholesale power prices in key hubs, source: International Energy Agency 2024. Bitcoin mining’s annual electricity use has typically ranged around the low hundreds of TWh, estimated near 70–110 TWh in 2023–2024, which places miners in overlapping procurement markets with hyperscale AI operators, source: Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CBECI) 2024. Electricity is the dominant operating cost for BTC miners and directly drives USD/TH/day hashprice profitability, so persistent power inflation can compress margins, increase the likelihood of miner BTC sales, and slow hashrate growth, source: Luxor Hashrate Index 2024; CoinShares Research 2023. Actionable monitoring for trading impact: track ERCOT and other hub power prices and curtailment events, global hashrate and difficulty changes, and the Luxor hashprice index as leading indicators of miner stress that can influence BTC supply dynamics, source: ERCOT 2024; Blockchain.com network data 2024; Luxor Hashrate Index 2024.