After midterm voters put data centers on the ballot, Joel Block, CEO of DarkHorse Technologies, joins BMTV to explain what Democrat wins mean for AI and high-performance computing buildouts. He breaks down why his company is converting Bitcoin mining sites in Kentucky and Tennessee into AI data centers, how communities benefit from tax revenue and jobs, and why he does not see AI compute demand slowing.
Chapters:
00:00 Midterms Put Data Centers on the Ballot
00:40 What Democrat Wins Mean for DarkHorse
01:50 Kentucky and Tennessee Stand to Gain
03:04 Not All Data Centers Are Created Equal
04:28 Will the AI Buildout Slow Down?
06:17 Why Miners Are Moving From Bitcoin to AI
07:03 Power and Land Are the Scarce Assets
08:25 How Real Is the Optionality Narrative?
10:42 Curtailment: From Bitcoin Mining to AI Campuses
12:26 Rising Power Bills and Community Trust
13:28 Show Don’t Tell: Why Local Bills Haven’t Risen
15:04 TVA Power and Distributed Computing
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