Bitcoin miners face rising competition from AI data centers for cheap energy, potentially driving a new wave of institutional investment, according to GoMining exec Jeremy Dreier.

Bitcoin mining companies and artificial intelligence data centers are increasingly competing for access to cheap, sustainable energy, which could trigger renewed institutional investment in the mining sector over the next decade.

AI data centers with deep capital reserves are beginning to outbid miners for power infrastructure, with more Bitcoin 

 miners getting “priced out” or deprioritizing mining activities, according to a July 31 research report from Bitcoin mining infrastructure provider GoMining Institutional.

Still, the flexibility of Bitcoin miners allows them to expand into more off-grid locations with a lack of high-speed internet infrastructure, giving them an advantage over AI facilities, according to Jeremy Dreier, managing director and chief business development officer at GoMining Institutional.

This battle for energy will lead to a renewed wave of institutional investment into Bitcoin mining over the next decade, Dreier said during Cointelegraph’s Chain Reaction daily X spaces show on Thursday