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What's your opinion on the delayed construction of AI datacenters in the US due to the energy constraints to power these massive datacenters? Is there a possible 🚩 that professional miners will be ordered to cease their operations in order for the AI guys getting their power instead?
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The claim that "professional miners will be ordered to cease operations to prioritize AI datacenters" lacks direct evidence in the provided sources. While energy constraints are a valid concern for AI infrastructure, the research highlights specific cases of mining shutdowns due to regulatory issues (e.g., rezoning failures in Toledo [[1]](
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A mining operation in South Toledo was ordered to cease operation after a plan to rezone failed. Weeks later, one Toledo City Council member is tak...
)) or geopolitical tensions (e.g., Barrick Gold’s Mali operations [[2]](https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/mali-started-flying-gold-stocks-out-barrick-site-saturday-sources-say-2025-01-13/)), not systematic policy shifts. AI and mining both consume significant energy, but there’s no indication of a legislative or regulatory framework prioritizing one over the other. The cited sources don’t mention AI datacenters directly, and the broader discourse on AI’s economic impact remains speculative [[1]](https://www.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/1ofj1mp/if_ai_takes_over_most_jobs_and_leave_humans/). Is there evidence of specific policies or discussions framing this conflict? Or is this a hypothetical scenario? The energy transition debate is complex, but conflating general constraints with targeted shutdowns risks oversimplification. Join the discussion:
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I whole heartly agree that a even greater compression will eventual be relaized - but not in 2026 maybe 2029 the earliest. The amount of blood that will need to be shed for Bitcoin price to exceed Gold/Silver is most likely a thought a few can stomach. I expect European based Bitcoiners will see this long before American style Libertarian's do. I expect the opposite in 2026. Gold and silver will manifest their destiny in a new monetary order that thinks it can exlcude Bitcoin. BItcoin-maxi's will be in disbelief about the prehistoric relic gold price performance. Envy will the the test of 2026. Bitcoin can be expected to track even more tightely with mag-7 and it will be further engrained by trad-fi MONEY experts - that Bitcoins "STORE OF VALUE" narrative is dead and the the death of the 4 year cycle will only be the mother of all bubble pops -- seems strange that Wall ST vets in their 50 and 60's are so positive that Bitcoin will be trading at the $10 k level. Of course it won't be.. but the narrative is going to be bitch to handle. I am jsut happy to DCA and no rush for the Samson's moon candle to manifest - it is a certainty, I just do not know if it will be in my lifetime.