Dan Marokane, CEO of South African state-owned power company Eskom, recently publicly stated that Eskom is considering supporting high energy consuming industries such as Bitcoin mining, artificial intelligence, and data centers to explore new sources of revenue for the company. The reasons include a decrease in South African electricity demand, a reduction in electricity sales, and an increase in corporate debt pressure. Eskom is a wholly owned national power utility company by the South African government, formerly established in 1923, responsible for most of South Africa's electricity supply. https://www. (wublock123.com)/index.php? m=content&c=index&a=show&catid=6&id=44880