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A 500 MW Data Center Pulled City-Scale Power. It Followed Zero Mandatory Rules.

Oct 29, 2026

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A 500 MW Data Center Pulled City-Scale Power. It Followed Zero Mandatory Rules.

The threshold is 50 MW at 100 kilovolts. The big campuses already straining the grid are in scope.

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Anthropic’s S-1 Buries a $542 Billion Power Bill

Oct 28, 2026

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Anthropic’s S-1 Buries a $542 Billion Power Bill

That number doesn’t include the extra $125 billion they stacked on for capacity starting in 2028.

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$55.8 Billion. One Quarter. One Company. Tomorrow.

Oct 27, 2026

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$55.8 Billion. One Quarter. One Company. Tomorrow.

BofA thinks Alphabet’s 2027 capex lands near $300 billion. With upside risk.

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The AI Power Gap Is 32 GW. Bigger Than NYC’s Entire Grid.

Oct 26, 2026

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The AI Power Gap Is 32 GW. Bigger Than NYC’s Entire Grid.

Morgan Stanley counted every backup gas plant and every spare grid watt. Still came up short.

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Goldman Called Power "The Forever Bottleneck"

Oct 23, 2026

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Goldman Called Power "The Forever Bottleneck"

That's from a 47-page report on $7.6 trillion in AI spending — and the grid is where the math falls apart.

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Hyperscalers Get the Power. Households Get the Bill.

Oct 22, 2026

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Hyperscalers Get the Power. Households Get the Bill.

Utilities have filed $23.1 billion in rate hike requests so far this year. The Q3 filing alone was the highest third quarter on record.

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Alphabet Shed $500 Billion in a Single Session

Nov 3, 2026

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Alphabet Shed $500 Billion in a Single Session

The capex that triggered it: $51.4 billion last quarter, pouring into data centers and the power to run them.

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Quanta Booked $12 Billion in One Quarter — and Backlog Still Grew $10 Billion

Nov 2, 2026

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Quanta Booked $12 Billion in One Quarter — and Backlog Still Grew $10 Billion

The high-voltage 765kV lines for Texas, Ohio, and MISO haven’t been booked yet. That wave hits in early 2027.

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Three Tech Firms Just Announced $595 Billion in Capex. That’s a Power Order.

Oct 30, 2026

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Three Tech Firms Just Announced $595 Billion in Capex. That’s a Power Order.

Global data center power demand hits 161 gigawatts this year — a 31% jump from 2025.

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