Power prices
Industrial power prices for Bitcoin mining, by country
Industrial electricity prices from public sources for well-known mining places, and what 1 kW nets mining vs renting GPUs at each one.
| Place | Industrial $/kWh | Mining net / kW / day | GPU net / kW / day | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas (ERCOT), United States | $0.0707 | -$0.16 | $16.72 | EIA Electric Power Monthly |
| Paraguay | $0.0400 (low) | $0.58 | $17.45 | Hashrate Index |
| $0.0500 (high) | $0.34 | $17.22 | ||
| Ethiopia | $0.0500 | $0.34 | $17.22 | Addis Standard |
| United Arab Emirates (Dubai) | $0.1198 | -$1.34 | $15.56 | Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) |
| Canada (Quebec) | $0.0469 | $0.41 | $17.29 | Hydro-Quebec |
Per 1 kW of facility power, using the mine vs AI calculator's default inputs: Antminer S21 XP efficiency (13.5 J/TH) at $15.81/TH, 2% pool fee, 3-year ASIC life; H100 GPUs at 1000 W, $2.69/GPU-hour, 70% utilization, $36,125 per GPU over 4 years; PUE 1.1. Hardware and rental figures are sourced in the methodology. Worked out at 100 kW and divided by 100, because GPUs come in whole units. No taxes or hosting fees. Hashprice $0.0381 per TH/s per day, computed October 21, 2026 at 20:50 UTC from the mempool.space API: BTC $84,647, difficulty 140.58 T, average reward 3.1420 BTC per block over the last 144 blocks. Currency conversion: AED at the official peg of 3.6725 per USD; CAD at 1.4057 per USD, the Bank of Canada daily rate for 2026-10-21. Price dates and full sources are on each page.
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