I don't think they are shifting other consumers. More and more often we have seen that large miners either build their own mini-power plant[1] or use excess hyd

I don't think they are shifting other consumers. More and more often we have seen that large miners either build their own mini-power plant[1] or use excess hydro power in remote areas that would otherwise be unused[2]. [1] http://thenodepole.com/2015/06/04/kncminer-to-build-new-20mw-greenfield-datacenter-in-the-node-pole/ http://thenodepole.com/2015/06/04/kncminer-to-build-new-20mw... [2] https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/the-unknown-giant-a-first-look-inside-bw-one-of-china-s-oldest-and-largest-miners-1444675310 https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/the-unknown-giant-a-fir...