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THE MINING POD: Kevin O’Leary: 50% of AI Builds Will Fail


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Celebrity investor Kevin O’Leary joins the Mining Pod to discuss his bull thesis on AI, bitcoin, and Bitzero.


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Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Kevin O'Leary, investor and Shark Tank star, joins us to talk about the intersection of Bitcoin mining and AI infrastructure. Kevin breaks down why he invested in Bitzero and why the North American grid is all but tapped out. He also covers geopolitical AI chip strategies, the Genius Act and stablecoins, and why institutional capital will ignore altcoins while boosting BTC and ETH.

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**Notes:**

* Sub $0.06/kWh power is key

* 50% of NA data centers will fail 

* Global data center demand is 250GW

* 1GW compute needs 1.4GW buildout 

* 1.4GW buildout costs up to $7B 

* Bit Zero has 1.5 EH/s in Norway

Timestamps:

00:00 Start

02:51 What is Bitzero?

06:18 What sets Bitzero apart?

08:45 What are investors missing?

11:19 Expansion strategy & load mix

16:17 18 actual customers

20:15 AI bull market timeline

25:33 Classifying assets & portfolio allocations

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