{"id":844,"date":"2025-05-26T06:05:53","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T06:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/pakistan-unveils-digital-power-push-with-2000-mw-for-crypto-mining\/"},"modified":"2025-05-26T06:05:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T06:05:55","slug":"pakistan-unveils-digital-power-push-with-2000-mw-for-crypto-mining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/pakistan-unveils-digital-power-push-with-2000-mw-for-crypto-mining\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan unveils digital power push with 2,000 MW for crypto mining"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">Islamabad plans to allocate Bitcoin mining and AI centers with 2,000 MW of surplus electricity as part of the country\u2019s broader strategy to attract tech investment.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan is preparing to allocate 2,000 megawatts of electricity to Bitcoin (BTC) mining and AI data centers as part of the first phase of a national digital infrastructure plan, Reuters <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/sustainability\/boards-policy-regulation\/pakistan-allocates-2000-megawatts-electricity-bitcoin-mining-ai-data-centres-2025-05-25\/\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a>, citing the finance ministry.<\/p>\n<p>The finance ministry said the allocation is part of Islamabad\u2019s broader strategy to put excess electricity to productive use by powering cryptocurrency mining and AI data centers. It added that the initiative is intended to support the growth of technology-driven industries and form part of the country\u2019s wider digital infrastructure rollout.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative is being led by the Pakistan Crypto Council, a government-backed body formed earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<p>The country\u2019s energy sector is currently under pressure due to high electricity tariffs and excess generation capacity. The ministry noted that the rapid expansion of solar power had further complicated the situation, as more consumers were turning to alternative energy sources to reduce costs.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement follows the recent formation of the Pakistan Digital Assets Authority, approved by the finance ministry to regulate the country\u2019s growing crypto sector. Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said Pakistan must \u201cregulate not just to catch up \u2014 but to lead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The PCC\u2019s CEO Bilal Bin Saqib has been in talks with Power Minister Awais Leghari on how to bring global crypto miners to Pakistan. Saqib earlier stated that Pakistan is \u201cdone sitting on the sidelines\u201d and called it a \u201clow-cost high-growth market.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad plans to allocate Bitcoin mining and AI centers with 2,000 MW of surplus electricity as part of the country\u2019s broader strategy to attract tech investment. Pakistan is preparing to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":845,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=844"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":846,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/844\/revisions\/846"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}