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Why Electricity Has Become the World's Most Strategic Asset
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Why Electricity Has Become the World's Most Strategic Asset Why Electricity Has Become the World's Most Strategic Asset /* Style Definitions */ span.prnews_span { font-size:8pt; font-family:"Arial"; color:black; } a.prnews_a { color:blue; } li.prnews_li { font-size:8pt; font-family:"Arial"; color:black; } p.prnews_p { font-size:0.62em; font-family:"Arial"; color:black; margin:0in; } PR Newswire FN Media Group Presents Oilprice.com Market CommentaryNEW YORK, July 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- For most of modern history, oil was the world's most valuable resource. It powered industrial growth, decided wars, reshaped geopolitics, and created the largest corporations in history.  Then oil lost its crown. Data replaced it as the world's dominant asset.  Companies mentioned in today's commentary includes:  Bitzero Holdings Inc.  (AIBZ), SpaceX (Nasdaq: SPCX), Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL), Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMD), Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: PANW), Arm Holdings plc (NASDAQ: ARM). The companies that learned to collect, process, and monetize information - Apple, Google, Amazon, Microsoft - became the most valuable enterprises the world had ever seen.  But that era is now over.Data has become abundant, and the world's most powerful companies are now racing to secure one thing, and one thing only: electricity.In the AI age, the true bottleneck is no longer information or algorithms; it is access to reliable, scalable power. And that's great news for companies like Bitzero (AIBZ), that are sitting on cost effective, abundant, sustainable electricity that's available right now.Securing the World's Most Critical ResourceSo just how scarce is this power? Well, utilities are currently quoting two- to four-year wait times just to complete feasibility studies.  And that is before even considering the permissions required.Google was so desperate to secure its own power source that it set aside $1 billion to build a data center in Indiana. But then the company had to reverse course for fear the local planning commission would veto the project.  Meanwhile, according to Goldman Sachs research, global data center power demand could rise by 165% by the end of the decade compared to 2023 levels. That means the only place to find the power critical to the AI boom is data centers that have already secured long-term ...
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