# Teravolt looks to cannibalize older industries to meet AI power demand

DevFeed: [Teravolt looks to cannibalize older industries to meet AI power demand](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/teravolt-looks-to-cannibalize-older-industries-to-meet-ai-power-demand-21624.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/09/14/teravolt-looks-to-cannibalize-older-industries-to-meet-ai-power-demand/5296014>)

Author: Thomas Claburn

Published: 2026-09-14T13:45:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [www.theregister.com - Articles](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/www-theregister-com-articles.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [datacenter](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/datacenter.md>), [Bitcoin](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/bitcoin.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-and-ml](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-and-ml.md>), [artificial-intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/artificial-intelligence.md>), [bitcoin](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bitcoin.md>), [datacenter](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/datacenter.md>), [electricity-grid](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/electricity-grid.md>), [energy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/energy.md>), [infra](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infra.md>)

## AI overview

Teravolt is considering repurposing Bitcoin farms, aluminum smelters, and other older infrastructure as datacenters to help meet growing AI power demand.

## Source excerpt

Bitcoin farms, aluminum smelters, and other old infra is more lucrative to repurpose as a datacenter