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If you want to see capitalism at its most feverish, forget crypto or meme stocks. The new mania has a more respectable name: AI Infrastructure. Data centers, mazes of silicon and cooling coils, are devouring every spare dollar, pound of copper and parcel of land they can find.

The global materials market contracted in 2024, as metals and mining revenues fell by 6% to approximately $3 trillion, McKinsey’s Global Materials Perspective 2025 shows. The consultancy noted profitability remained resilient, with stronger cash positions and sustained productivity gains, even as the sector faced a more complex and fragmented global…

THE former CEO of BAE Systems, the British Airways executive who oversees its lobbying team, the chairman of the Petrochemical giant Ineos and…

The U.S. has become a major beneficiary of foreign investment in the last few years.

Just a day after Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ:NVDA) and OpenAI announced a landmark $100 billion AI infrastructure deal, famed short-seller Jim Chanos is raising red flags over the foundational economics of the AI gold rush.

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Nvidia Corp.’s (NASDAQ:NVDA) market capitalization has reached a staggering $4.32 trillion, surpassing the gross domestic product (GDP) of Canada's entire economy, as new forecasts point to explosive global demand for AI-driven data centers.

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A new analysis by McKinsey Company projects a massive 3.5-fold increase in the global demand for AI-specific data center capacity by 2030, potentially creating a multi-trillion-dollar market opportunity for chipmaker Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ:NVDA).