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Data Centers Drove Half Of All Growth In US Electricity Use In 2025
Data Centers Drove Half Of All Growth In US Electricity Use In 2025
Global electricity demand rose by 3% in 2025, with growth nearly triple compared to the 1.3% increase in total energy consumption, as data centers and electric vehicles continued to push power use higher, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in a report on Monday.
Overall global energy demand growth slowed to 1.3% in 2025, slightly below the previous decade's average of 1.4% and significantly lower than in 2024, as global economic growth slowed and cooling demand in Asia was...
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Apr 1, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Senators Plan Taiwan Trip Ahead Of Trump's Summit With Xi Jinping
Senators Plan Taiwan Trip Ahead Of Trump's Summit With Xi Jinping
Authored by Jacob Burg via The Epoch Times,
Four U.S. senators from both sides of the aisle are planning to visit Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea within the coming days to strengthen U.S. alliances that they see as critical to challenging China’s sphere of influence.
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), who serves as the ranking Democrat member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, announced the trip on March 28.
Sens. John Curtis (R-Utah), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) will join her...
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Mar 25, 2026 / Tyler Durden
From Zimbabwe To Washington: The Farce Of "Independent" Central Banks
From Zimbabwe To Washington: The Farce Of "Independent" Central Banks
Authored by Nick Giambruno via InternationalMan.com,
When Zimbabwe makes the news, it’s rarely for good reasons.
There’s a good reason for that.
The country has spent years in a state of perpetual crisis.
Hyperinflation obliterated its currency and decimated the economy.
Yet beneath the surface lies extraordinary wealth.
Zimbabwe is rich in natural resources: gold, platinum, diamonds, and some of the most fertile farmland on Earth.
That’s what led me to organize a research trip there about 10 years ago alongside legendary investor Doug Casey.
We also sat...
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Apr 14, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Federal Judge Temporarily Allows Pentagon To Enforce Press Restrictions
Federal Judge Temporarily Allows Pentagon To Enforce Press Restrictions
Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
A federal court on April 13 temporarily allowed the Trump administration to enforce its media access restrictions at the Pentagon after blocking the policy last month.
The Department of War logo at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., on March 10, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
Judge Paul L. Friedman of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted the federal government’s request for a 14-day administrative stay of his March 20 order...
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