Daily briefs
This week
AI & Datacenters
AMP2 Daily Brief – October 14, 2026
ASML says customers want more machines than it can build through 2028, while Volta's data center loan heads for at least 11 percent, Microsoft scales its own chips and PJM leans on emergency measures to keep the lights on.
Money
AMP2 Daily Brief – October 13, 2026
Broadcom and Intel say capital is now the constraint, banks are backing buildings but not GPUs, Nebius anchors a Rotterdam campus, and an emergency order lets PJM call on data center backup power this week.
Energy & Power
AMP2 Daily Brief – October 12, 2026
Money and chips are still easy to find for AI infrastructure. A grid connection is getting harder to find. Today Denmark starts rationing it, and lenders are favoring projects that already have tenants.
Energy & Power
AMP2 Daily Brief – October 11, 2026
A Senate report says 'full cost' pledges skip shared grid upgrades, Arizona's attorney general wants a utility probe, Google pays its own way in Wyoming, Oracle reportedly rents Tencent 100,000 accelerators, and Europe opens bidding for AI gigafactories.
Energy & Power
AMP2 Daily Brief – October 10, 2026
Hyperscalers sign a Duke tariff that bills 75 percent of demand used or not, Congress weighs making data centers carry their full grid costs, Volta's GPU loan prices above 11 percent, Ukraine hits a second Yandex data center, and TSMC enlists GlobalFoundries for packaging.
Energy & Power
AMP2 Daily Brief – October 9, 2026
Oracle is reportedly trucking gas to keep AI campuses on schedule, a $5B Volta GPU loan is pricing near 11 percent, Ukraine hits a second Yandex data center, Spain races a data center decree before elections, and grid-flexibility startups raise big rounds.