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riversedge

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2. data centers buying up Pulic utilites with Trumps blessing it seems to me.

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Wed Oct 8, 2025, 10:00 AM

Yesterday

..............The business case for buying a utility is obvious: the data center buildout is jacking up electricity demand, and with the Trump administration strangling both new electricity generation and transmission capacity, prices are going up. ..........

https://prospect.org/environment/blackrock-minnesota-utility-private-equity/

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