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$89 Billion. In One Quarter. From Data Centers.

Aug 27, 2026

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$89 Billion. In One Quarter. From Data Centers.

Data centers are now 93 cents of every dollar NVIDIA earns — and next quarter's guide assumes zero China.

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The Capital Current
The AWS Chief Now Sells Power. $10 Billion.

Aug 26, 2026

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The AWS Chief Now Sells Power. $10 Billion.

KKR, NVIDIA, and a 50-gigawatt utility are behind it — power baked into the site, not bolted on.

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The Capital Current
AI Capex Just Hit 93% of Cash Flow.

Aug 25, 2026

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AI Capex Just Hit 93% of Cash Flow.

$697 billion spent this year against just $200 billion earned — and the cushion is gone.

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The Capital Current
The Data Center Spending Forecast Nearly Doubled in Seven Months

Aug 24, 2026

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The Data Center Spending Forecast Nearly Doubled in Seven Months

Dell'Oro moved from $1.7 trillion to $3 trillion. Every revision this year has gone the same direction.

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The Capital Current
$6.77 a Pound: Copper Just Hit an All-Time High.

Aug 21, 2026

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$6.77 a Pound: Copper Just Hit an All-Time High.

A 304,000-ton global shortage sent it to a record — and AI data centers need 47 tonnes per megawatt.

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The Capital Current
99 Gas Plants. Nobody Voted.

Aug 20, 2026

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3 min read

99 Gas Plants. Nobody Voted.

126 gigawatts across 22 states — enough to raise U.S. power emissions by 20%, with no hearings.

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U.S. Businesses Will Soon Use More Power Than Homes.

Sep 1, 2026

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U.S. Businesses Will Soon Use More Power Than Homes.

Data centers now drive 55% of all U.S. demand growth. After two flat decades, the line snapped.

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The U.S. Has 378 GW of Gas Power in the Pipeline.

Aug 31, 2026

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The U.S. Has 378 GW of Gas Power in the Pipeline.

Half of it — 189 GW — exists only because data centers can't wait for the grid.

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The Capital Current
26 Broken Records. Prices Barely Moved.

Aug 28, 2026

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26 Broken Records. Prices Barely Moved.

ERCOT added 60 gigawatts since 2022. PJM added 22 — and saw prices spike 90%.

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