As Big Tech’s power demand surges, data centers bring utilities a huge new profit center
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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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Wrong ifA macro rate spike crushes utility multiples before the data-center earnings thesis plays out; alternatively, Big Tech slows hyperscaler capex guidance in the next earnings round, removing the demand catalyst entirely.
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