As Big Tech’s power demand surges, data centers bring utilities a huge new profit center
Energy
Power demand from AI data centers is creating a structural earnings windfall for regulated utilities, and the MarketWatch thesis posits Big Tech may eventually acquire utility companies outright to lock in capacity. This creates a asymmetric setup in utility names levered to data-center load growth, while the Big Tech acquirers themselves face regulatory and capital-allocation headwinds that the market hasn't priced.
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↔ PAIR+12% target-7% stop6-10 weeks, into next utility earnings cycle
Long power-levered utilities VST and CEG as the real AI-infrastructure beneficiaries — Big Tech's capex flows through them regardless of whether an acquisition ever happens, while MSFT/GOOGL/AMZN insiders are net sellers.