AA @Alcoa is close to offloading a shuttered smelter to @NYDIG, highlighting a bigger shift: Closed aluminum plants—once victims of high power costs—are now being reborn as hubs for #Bitcoin mining and #AI. Why? • Existing grid connections • Large power capacity • Access to low-cost energy (like hydropower) In a world where new power is hard to secure, these sites are effectively “plug-and-play” for compute.(TheEnergyMag)