The $7 Trillion AI Boom Is Running Out of Power | HappeningNow.news
Published Date: June 25, 2026

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The $7 Trillion AI Boom Is Running Out of Power

Forget the chips. Forget the code.

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Forget the chips. Forget the code. The most expensive, in-demand commodity in the entire $3-trillion AI revolution is not a patented algorithm or a new Nvidia GPU. It's power. Specifically, a secure, high-voltage connection to the electrical grid that can deliver $100-500 million worth of juice to a new data center. Right now, the largest, richest companies on Earth—Google, Microsoft, Amazon—are in an unprecedented global land rush for energy. They are competing with small cities, massive manufacturing plants, and each other, all because…

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