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The buildout of sovereign AI clouds aligns with geopolitical trends toward digital self-sufficiency, potentially reducing reliance on centralized cloud providers. For crypto, this reinforces the narrative that compute is becoming a strategic asset, which could drive demand for tokenized compute networks or blockchain-based AI marketplaces. However, the immediate effect is a tightening of the GPU supply curve, which may increase costs for crypto miners who rely on the same hardware.

NVIDIA announced the global expansion of its AI Cloud ecosystem with new partners and regional capacity to meet growing AI compute demand.

NVIDIA AI Cloud Hits Six Continents, Turning Former Crypto Miners Into AI Compute Plays

NVIDIA's AI Cloud expansion reveals an overlooked correlation: Bitcoin mining stocks are morphing into AI compute plays, decoupling from BTC price to track Jensen Huang's growth.

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While cloud gaming reduces demand for high-end consumer GPUs (potentially freeing supply for AI/data centers), the effect on GPU availability for any residual altcoin mining is negligible post-ETH PoS. The real signal is NVIDIA doubling down on its platform moat, which supports long-term NVDA fundamentals but does not directly drive crypto prices.

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