Now, the #power industry is struggling with a question that will determine the course of billions of dollars in investment: how to meet the demand?
…If utilities underestimate the demand, they risk an unstable electrical #grid with a higher chance of #blackouts for their customers. If they overbuild, #consumer rate-payers could end up with the tab.
A Reuters survey of 13 major US #electric utility earnings transcripts found nearly ½ have received inquiries from #DataCenter companies for volumes of #power that would exceed their peak demand or existing generation capacity - that's everything they supply to homes & businesses - a metric that reflects the sheer size of oncoming data center needs.
#BigTech's massive #power demands for #DataCenters
#US #electric utilities are fielding massive requests for new power capacity as Big #Tech scours the country for viable locations for new data centers to keep up w/the computing demands of #Al.
#Climate #ClimateCrisis #Grid #Trump #Broligarchy #Technocracy
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-utilities-grapple-with-big-techs-massive-power-demands-data-centers-2025-04-07/
#facebook No. You're not getting my nice shiny proton mail address. I don't want #zuck or the other #broligarchy dudes bothering me.
So muss das: Hands-Off-Proteste überall in den USA gegen Trump, Vance und die Broligarchie. 
Photos: See demonstrators around the country rally in 'Hands Off!' protests
https://www.npr.org/sections/the-picture-show/2025/04/05/g-s1-58479/photos-see-hands-off-protests-trump-musk
Why Musk and the Broligarchy Are Loving the Economic Collapse of America
"The Nerd Reich, as coined by journalist Gil Duran, is celebrating and welcoming America's economic and political collapse so they can profit off our pain and move towards creating their technocracy."
https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/why-musk-and-the-broligarchy-are
Massive anti-Trump protests expected Saturday in DC and across US;
More than 1,000 ‘Hands Off’ protests planned against ‘all-out assault on our government, economy and basic rights’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/05/anti-trump-protests-hands-off
#resist #news #protests #politics #UnitedStates #broligarchy #hands_off
"We have to cull the weak and thin the herd through a humane eugenics process. Eventually, the creme de la creme of genetically superior humans shall become the new human species that will merge with technology and live forever across the galaxies."
#Trump #Musk #economy #destruction #chaos #broligarchy #TechBros
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"Our partners and puppets with political power will work with us to divide up the country into network states that we will each control like mini-fiefdoms. The masses will naturally yield to our guidance because, after all, we are chosen by fate and God to lead humanity due to our innate brilliance and superior intellect. Unfortunately, not everyone can join us in this next chapter."
#Trump #Musk #economy #destruction #chaos #broligarchy #TechBros
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"We must first prepare for our future extraplanetary adventures by hoarding resources, acquiring wealth, and amassing power. We will buy the dip as Americans are 'liberated' from their 401k plans. Hopefully, the dollar will weaken, and we can finally replace it with Crypto, which we control."
#Trump #Musk #economy #destruction #chaos #broligarchy #TechBros
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Wajahat Ali talks to Gil Duran, editor of The Nerd Reich newsletter, about why the broligarchy is loving Trump's destruction of the global economy:
"We’re going to tank the global economy. The old order will collapse. Yes, there will be chaos, violence, mass suffering, and pain, but it’s worth it. A phoenix can only rise from the ashes before it ascends to glorious heights and flies to Mars…."
#Trump #Musk #economy #destruction #chaos #broligarchy #TechBros
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https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/why-musk-and-the-broligarchy-are
#kleptocracy & #corruption on full display:
Exclusive: #SpaceX, #ULA to clinch multibillion-dollar #Pentagon launch contract
#ElonMusk's SpaceX & United Launch Alliance are expected to each win a #US #SpaceForce rocket launch contract on Friday worth billions of dollars over the next several years to send some of the Pentagon's most sensitive #satellites into #space, acc/to 2 people familiar w/the procurement decision.
#law #Trump #broligarchy #plutocracy #USpol
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/spacex-ula-expected-clinch-multibillion-dollar-contract-key-pentagon-launch-2025-04-04/
Who owns UK Coffee Shops ???
Feeling like you might wanna buy British???
Here's a quick skim of the internet to find out where our money goes ...
Starbucks - you guessed it. A publicly listed USA company.
Costa Coffee - a wholly owned subsidiary of Coca-Cola, which is a company from the USA, in case you were wondering.
Caffe Nero - private UK company with the main shareholders being UK and Luxembourg intermediary companies.
Pret a Manger - owned by JAB, a German company.
Blank Street - a private company from the USA.
Greggs - is a publicly listed UK company based in Newcastle.
Of course, supporting your local independent coffee shop is probably the way to go.
#Amazon’s bid highlights the 11th-hour maneuvering in Washington over #TikTok’s ownership. Policymakers in both parties have expressed deep #NationalSecurity concerns over the app’s Chinese ownership, & passed a #law last year to force a sale of TikTok that was set to take effect in Jan.
#Amazon has put in a last-minute bid to acquire all of #TikTok, …as it approaches an April deadline to be separated from its Chinese owner or face a ban in the #UnitedStates….
Various parties who have been involved in the talks do not appear to be taking Amazon’s bid seriously, the people said. The bid came via an offer letter addressed to Vice President #JDVance & #HowardLutnick, the #commerce secy….
#USpol #Trump #broligarchy #JeffBezos #law #tech #Antitrust
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/business/media/amazon-tiktok-bid.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=D95FBEC6-2C4F-46F0-AAEC-465CE954890A
A rather thought provoking article for those in the Tech industry and where we are in politics - thanks to @LWN for the link (LWN are fabulous for keeping an eye on the open source ecosystem too by the way) https://ratfactor.com/tech-nope #broligarchy #fascism https://ratfactor.com/tech-nope
This won’t end well
The #SEC is beginning to onboard ofcls w/billionaire #ElonMusk's #DOGE, acc/to an email sent on Fri to staff.
SEC staff were informed that the DOGE task force had contacted the regulator, & that they would be treated as staff for the purposes of network, system & data access. The SEC is establishing a liaison team w/the "intent to partner" w/DOGE, the email said.
[#Musk has repeatedly been investigated & sued by the SEC]
#law #Trump #broligarchy
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-securities-exchange-commission-beginning-onboard-doge-staff-email-says-2025-03-28/
#Trump said he doesn’t know #TrevorMilton but was told that the way Milton was treated by the justice system was “very unfair.”
“And they say the thing that he did wrong was he was one of the first people that supported a gentleman named Donald Trump for president,” Trump said. 
Trump also said he acted after receiving some “fantastic recommendations”about Milton.[
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#law #pardons #felon47 #fraud #Nikola #kleptocracy #broligarchy
https://apnews.com/article/nikola-trevor-milton-fraud-trump-pardon-3fcebb0a3820cecb205656f2dc3f6764
#Trump's newly announced 25% import #tariffs on foreign #cars will increase vehicle prices by thousands of dollars for cars coming from Germany, Japan, & South Korea, as well as for the US assembled autos that use foreign-made parts, acc/to most auto industry experts.
However, one company likely to fare better is #Tesla, the electric vehicle manufacturer led by close Trump administration adviser #ElonMusk, industry analysts say.
#broligarchy #kleptocracy #trumpcession
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/27/nx-s1-5342456/tariffs-tesla-imports-musk-trump
