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Why the 1990s Bubble Feels a Lot Like New AI Boom

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Walking through the Bay Area today—billboards for “AI labs”, new office towers lining the highways, tech workers back at cafés and high‑rises—it’s hard not to get a déjà­vu feeling of the late‑1990s dot‑com boom. But if the mood is familiar, the…

Saudi Arabia: From Oil Powerhouse to New Future AI Exporter

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Long known as one of the world’s largest oil producers, Saudi Arabia is now positioning itself to lead the age of artificial intelligence. The Kingdom’s strategy goes beyond adopting AI for domestic modernization—it aims to become a net exporter of…

Apple’s Texas New AI‑Server Move More Than Made in America

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Apple has officially started shipping AI servers built at a facility in Houston, Texas, marking a major milestone in its domestic manufacturing push. This step is part of what appears to be a broader strategic shift — one that touches…

Why “Bursting” Might Be the New Uncomfortable Cure

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There’s growing concern that we’re experiencing an AI-fueled boom that mirrors the speculative manias of the past—like the dot-com crash or the 2008 housing bubble. While investment and enthusiasm around artificial intelligence are sky-high, the underlying benefits—especially for workers and…

Big‑Business on the New Brink: The $1 Trillion Capex Question

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American large companies are sitting at a major inflection point: whether to deploy massive capital expenditures (capex) now — on manufacturing, infrastructure, AI, data centres and reshoring — or to hold fire. The Economist estimates the potential national capex wave…

Andreessen Horowitz’s $10 Billion Play on Next New Tech Revolution

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In a bold move that’s turning heads across Silicon Valley and beyond, venture capital giant Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is preparing to raise a staggering $10 billion to fund what it sees as the next great wave of tech innovation. This…

Can Emerging Markets Turn Profit or Are Investors Right to Be Skeptical?

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is being hailed as the great economic equalizer — a force that could help emerging markets leapfrog decades of development and unlock trillions in value. From Africa to Latin America to Southeast Asia, governments and startups alike…

Data Centers Meet Fracking Country on A New Infrastructure Frontier

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In recent years, a new phenomenon is taking shape in the U.S.: the build‑out of large data‑center campuses in regions traditionally known for oil and natural gas extraction—so‑called “fracking country.” The logic is straightforward: these areas offer abundant cheap energy,…

⚡Georgia’s Struggle to Feed the New AI Energy Boom

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Artificial intelligence is fueling a new kind of energy crisis. Across Georgia, a quiet battle is unfolding between economic growth and sustainability as AI datacenters — the massive facilities that power everything from ChatGPT to Google’s Gemini — drive an…

How Data Centers Are Making New Power Costs Explode

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Wholesale electricity costs near AI data-center hubs have surged as much as 267% over the past five years. That jump is just the tip of the iceberg. Beneath it lie structural challenges in grid planning, energy supply, and sustainability that…