Bilal Bin Saqib, CEO of the Pakistan Cryptocurrency Council, said that Pakistan plans to allocate part of the surplus power to bitcoin mining and artificial intelligence data centers, adding that talks have been held with a number of bitcoin mining enterprises, and the exact location of mining will be determined according to the excess power supply in a specific region.
The Pakistani government is exploring ways to attract bitcoin mining operators to consume excess electricity and reduce the financial burden on the power sector. The country's energy ministry has consulted with relevant parties to design special electricity tariffs for emerging industries such as cryptocurrency mining.