Texas Pacific Land announces a deal with Bolt Data & Energy to develop data-center campuses in West Texas. ...

Nvidia stock was falling Wednesday as investors reacted to news of increased competition for the chip maker both in the U.S. and China. ...

Oracle and Blue Owl ended their partnership to build AI data centers, with talks for a one gigawatt Michigan facility falling apart. ...

Analysts at Jefferies and Wedbush Securities initiate coverage of IonQ, Rigetti Computing, and D-Wave Quantum. ...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 116 points, or 0.2%. The S&P 500 was up 0.1%. The Nasdaq Composite was up 0.1%. "After a busy day for data yesterday, the calendar goes dark again this morning, but there is some Fedspeak to fill the void,†writes Bespoke Investment Group co-founder Paul Hickey. Stocks opened modestly higher on Wednesday, as the S&P 500 moved to shake off its latest losing streak. ...

Oil prices surged Wednesday, jumping off multi-year lows after President Donald Trump ordered a "total and complete blockade†of oil tankers into and out of Venezuela. ...

Amazon's investment would be tied to an agreement for OpenAI to use the e-commerce company's in-house Trainium chips, according to a report. ...

The S&P 500 is negative for the month. That doesn't happen often in December. ...

The odds of a Netflix-Warner combination surged to 74% from 29%, according to Polymarket. ...

Nvidia stock rises Wednesday. But the chip maker faces an increasing number of rivals in the U.S. and China. ...