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I Read One Number. It Hit Me Like a Brick.

Jul 31, 2026

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3 min read

I Read One Number. It Hit Me Like a Brick.

Only 2 gigawatts are actually running. The gap is where the money is hiding.

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The Capital Current
AI Now Eats 31% of All Data Center Electricity.

Jul 30, 2026

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4 min read

AI Now Eats 31% of All Data Center Electricity.

Microsoft spent $41 billion on capex last quarter — about $450 million a day — and still can't build fast enough.

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The Capital Current
AI Server Power Jumped 84% in One Year

Jul 29, 2026

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5 min read

AI Server Power Jumped 84% in One Year

The number I'm watching is watts. Azure is sold out — not for lack of customers, but for lack of power.

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The Capital Current
Henrico County Has 37 Data Centers. Its Teachers Are Unplugging Chargers.

Jul 28, 2026

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4 min read

Henrico County Has 37 Data Centers. Its Teachers Are Unplugging Chargers.

Wholesale power prices near Virginia's data center hubs are up 267% in five years. The red carpet has a bill.

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The Capital Current
Data Centers Cut Your Power Bill for a Decade. Now They're Raising It.

Jul 27, 2026

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4 min read

Data Centers Cut Your Power Bill for a Decade. Now They're Raising It.

Every time data center capacity doubled, retail power prices fell 3.5%. That era just ended.

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The Capital Current
Texas Has 38 GW of Data Centers Planning to Skip the Grid

Jul 24, 2026

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4 min read

Texas Has 38 GW of Data Centers Planning to Skip the Grid

One project: a 1,950-acre West Texas campus with its own gas generators and no utility hookup.

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A 1935 Wartime Law Is Now Our Summer Grid Fix.

Aug 5, 2026

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3 min read

A 1935 Wartime Law Is Now Our Summer Grid Fix.

Just 3% of installed capacity is holding the system up — after four federal emergency orders this year.

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Fake Data Center Projects Are Landing on Your Utility Bill.

Aug 4, 2026

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4 min read

Fake Data Center Projects Are Landing on Your Utility Bill.

Right now, ratepayers cover the cost of the AI-power scramble. Regulators just moved to change it.

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I'm Not Watching Microsoft This Week.

Aug 3, 2026

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4 min read

I'm Not Watching Microsoft This Week.

That's why a Midwest utility nobody watches just filed a $70 billion plan.

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