CryptoSlate August 01, 2026

Bitcoin miners saved Texas power grid from collapse, but their lucrative pivot to AI is stripping away the emergency brake

Bitcoin miners saved Texas power grid from collapse, but their lucrative pivot to AI is stripping away the emergency brake

Texas broke its all-time electricity demand record twice in two days last week. ERCOT served a preliminary 91,308 megawatts around 5 p.m. on July 22, one day after demand hit 87,403 megawatts and erased the 85,508-megawatt mark that had stood since Aug. 10, 2023. Neither afternoon saw an appeal for energy conservation, and the system […]

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