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The Senate Missed by 3 Votes. Your Power Bill Stays Unsettled.

Oct 2, 2026

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The Senate Missed by 3 Votes. Your Power Bill Stays Unsettled.

417 House members agreed. One word killed it in the upper chamber: "consider."

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A $20 Billion Data Center. Backed by a $1 Promise.

Oct 1, 2026

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4 min read

A $20 Billion Data Center. Backed by a $1 Promise.

A regulator called it an embarrassing legal fiction. The contract stands anyway.

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The thing driving Texas to 92 GW isn't your air conditioner

Jun 11, 2026

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3 min read

The thing driving Texas to 92 GW isn't your air conditioner

Texas power demand grew 5% in just nine months. That was the fastest pace of any U.S. grid.

Data centers now use more power than Saudi Arabia

Jun 10, 2026

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4 min read

Data centers now use more power than Saudi Arabia

By 2030 that number more than doubles — and AI alone drives 40% of the new load.

Goldman sees $7.6 trillion for AI. Power gets 4.7% of it.

Jun 8, 2026

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3 min read

Goldman sees $7.6 trillion for AI. Power gets 4.7% of it.

Old racks need 15 kilowatts. New AI racks need 500. The grid isn't built for that jump.

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The $100 Billion Bottleneck

Jun 7, 2026

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3 min read

The $100 Billion Bottleneck

AI's hunger for power is rewriting the rules of energy, infrastructure, and American electricity bills — all at once.

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Elon Is Predicting 1,000x. Here's What That Actually Means.

Jun 6, 2026

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1 min read

Elon Is Predicting 1,000x. Here's What That Actually Means.

CNBC calls it the big market event of 2026. See the math.

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The $100 Billion Blind Spot

Jun 5, 2026

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3 min read

The $100 Billion Blind Spot

AI is building the most expensive factories on Earth - and the people who pay the power bills just turned against them.

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The $10 Trillion Blueprint Nobody's Ready For

Jun 4, 2026

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4 min read

The $10 Trillion Blueprint Nobody's Ready For

Nvidia rewrites the rules of power infrastructure, a nuclear stock soars on zero revenue, and the biggest utility merger in the AI era takes shape.

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The Capital Current
The Grid Is Paying the Price for AI's Appetite

Jun 3, 2026

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3 min read

The Grid Is Paying the Price for AI's Appetite

Data center costs triple, states push back on ratepayers footing the bill, and New York's power margin hits a record low just as summer arrives.

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June 12: Elon Musk’s “Day-One Retirement Plan.”

Jun 2, 2026

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1 min read

June 12: Elon Musk’s “Day-One Retirement Plan.”

Act now before it’s too late

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