Canada Moves to Block New Crypto Mining as Power Demand Surges

On October 20, 2025, the Energy Amendment Bill was introduced in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, ￰0￱ bill, among other provisions, introduces restrictions on electricity supply to the AI and cryptocurrency mining ￰1￱ Seeks to Manage Power Demand According to the official website, the initiative is designed to attract investment and support major projects that will drive economic growth and create new ￰2￱ bill also aims to address the “unprecedented growth in electricity demand.” “We’re taking action to build the North Coast Transmission Line as fast as possible to accelerate the development and construction of major industrial projects and bring good, well-paying jobs to people in B.

C.” said Premier David ￰3￱ bill states that local authorities intend to prioritize support for sectors such as traditional mining and natural gas production ￰4￱ for AI, Data Centers and Crypto Mining At the same time, the bill restricts electricity supply for data centers and artificial intelligence ￰5￱ also imposes a complete ban on connecting new cryptocurrency mining facilities in order to prevent excessive grid load and rising energy tariffs. Previously, local authorities imposed a moratorium on new mining farms in 2022 and later extended it into ￰6￱ passed, the current bill would make this ban ￰7￱ measures have appeared in other regions as ￰8￱ example, the United States, Kazakhstan, and parts of China have already imposed strict limits on crypto mining due to grid overload and rising energy ￰9￱ growing trend suggests that more governments may adopt similar policies as electricity demand accelerates worldwide.