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Big Tech’s Data Center Boom Poses New Risk to US Grid Operators

Summary • Data center disconnections threaten grid stability, regulator says • Grid operators face resistance from data centers on proposals for a fix • Texas incidents highlight risks of sudden disconnections by crypto miners BOSTON, March 19 (Reuters) – Data Center Alley, a 30-square-mile stretch outside Washington D.C. and home to more than 200 data …

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Goldman Sachs Sees Downside Risk to Oil Price View Amid Tariffs, Spare Capacity

(Reuters) – Tariff escalation and high spare capacity skew medium-term risks to Goldman Sachs’ oil price forecast to the downside, the bank said. “While we reduced our Brent forecast range by $5/bbl to $65-80, we expect oil prices to edge up in coming months, and think that market pricing of volatility and of the upside …

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Trump to Host Top US Oil Chief Executives as Trade Wars Loom

Summary Trump to meet with top oil CEOs in closed-door meeting Industry concerned about falling oil prices, looming trade wars Meeting will mark Trump’s first sit-down with oil and gas leaders since return to White House (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will host top oil executives at the White House on Wednesday as he charts …

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COMMENTARY: America Will Lose If the EU and China Become Energy Buddies – David Fickling

Fossil exporters’ status will dwindle from the shift to clean power. By David Fickling The electrons coursing through our grids, turbines and engines are invisible to the human eye, but without them, all the machinery that powers our industrial economy would grind to a halt. Unseen flows of energy drive international relations, too. What’s often …

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