Gold Outlook Report 2023

OpenAI Pauses U.K. Stargate Over "Regulation And Power Costs" OpenAI's broader Stargate push to build next-generation AI infrastructure in the UK has been put on hold, with the company citing regulatory conditions and high energy costs as major obstacles to long-term investment. That outcome is hardly surprising: Britain, like much of dying Europe, has layered on regulatory burdens, while years of backfiring 'green' energy policies have left power costs structurally elevated. It's a toxic mix for power-hungry AI data center buildouts. "We see huge potential for the UK's AI future,"...

Pro-Iranian Hackers Breached US Infrastructure, Feds Say Authored by Troy Myers via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Pro-Iranian hackers have breached critical U.S. infrastructure, according to a joint warning issued Tuesday by several federal agencies. High voltage power lines run through a sub-station along the electrical power grid in Miami on Jan. 14, 2026. Joe Raedle/Getty Images The advisory came only hours ahead of President Donald Trump’s Tuesday deadline for Iran, warning that “a whole civilization will die tonight” if Iran refuses to open the Hormuz Strait to oil traffic. Trump later suspended...

Chevron Warns California Facing Historic Fuel Crisis As Diesel Hits Record $7 The world's biggest energy execs are currently at the annual CERAWeek conclave in Houston where, understandably, they are dropping bulletin bombs reeking of fire and brimstone, and warning the already critical oil/gas situation will only get worse if the pre-war status quo isn't restored (which incidentally will be great for their bottom lines... until the world is tipped into a recession). Take US oil giant Chevron, which warned that California is careening toward an energy crisis because of the...