Key Takeaways According to two different government measurements of prices, inflation in these sectors is still having an impact on the U.S. economy: Electricity and Utilities Electricity was up 6.9% year-over-year in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for November. It's one of a handful of energy products and services that have increased this year, with utility gas services, fuel oils and other motor fuels all growing faster than the overall annual inflation rate of 2.7%. Data centers that power artificial int ...

Osaka Gas has commenced commercial operations at the No.1 unit of its new 1.25GW Himeji gas-fired power plant in western Japan, reported Reuters. This marks the start of expanded domestic thermal power generation capacity for Osaka Gas, with the Himeji facility utilising a gas turbine combined-cycle system. The Himeji power station comprises two units, each with a capacity of 622.6MW. According to Osaka Gas, the No.2 unit is scheduled to begin operations in May. Once both units come online, the company ...

Artificial intelligence is the greatest investment opportunity of our lifetime. The time to invest in groundbreaking AI is now, and this stock is a steal! AI is eating the world—and the machines behind it are ravenous. Each ChatGPT query, each model update, each robotic breakthrough consumes massive amounts of energy. In fact, AI is already pushing global power grids to the brink. Wall Street is pouring hundreds of billions into artificial intelligence—training smarter chatbots, automating industries, and b ...

In this article, we will take a look at some of the best dividend stocks to buy in January.Valuations have climbed to historically high levels as tech stocks stayed in favor. Bank of America strategist Savita Subramanian said the S&P 500 is showing elevated readings across 18 of the 20 valuation measures she tracks. Those include trailing price-to-earnings, enterprise value to EBITDA, and forward consensus PE.As those numbers stretched, investors began stepping away from last year’s tech winners and rotatin ...

On Thursday, January 1st, the EU carbon border adjustment mechanism entered into effect with the goal of improving the competitiveness of European goods manufacturers against non-EU companies operating in laxer emissions reduction frameworks. China was the first to threaten retaliation. It won’t be the last. The carbon border adjustment mechanism, or CBAM for short, was devised to remedy the unintended effects of the world’s most stringent emission-reduction standards for the industrial sphere, namely, s ...

文章核心观点 - 人工智能数据中心对电力的巨大需求，为电力公用事业公司带来了重大的资本投资和增长机会，使其可能成为AI浪潮中的主要受益者 [4][5][12] 主要受益的公用事业公司及其增长前景 - **NextEra Energy (NEE)** - 运营美国最大的电力公司佛罗里达电力与照明公司，为佛罗里达州1200万人供电 [3] - 旗下NextEra Energy Resources业务部门开发运营清洁能源基础设施，并与谷歌合作开发核能与数据中心园区 [1] - 预计未来十年调整后每股收益年增长率将超过8%，并继续提高其股息收益率为2.8%的股息 [1] - **Dominion Energy (D)** - 为弗吉尼亚、北卡罗来纳和南卡罗来纳的360万家庭和企业提供电力服务 [6] - 其弗吉尼亚州的电力公司是AI热潮的最大受益者之一，该州是全球最大的数据中心市场之一，已收到为数据中心供电471吉瓦的请求，过去一年增长17% [6] - 计划在2025年至2029年间投资500亿美元，其中大部分用于Dominion Energy Virginia，包括投资112亿美元的Coastal Virginia海上风电项目50%的成本，该项目预计2026年完成 [7] - 预计基于2025年水平，长期每股收益年增长率为5%至7%，计划维持当前股息收益率4.5%，待达到更保守的派息目标后，股息将随收益增长而提高 [8] - **Entergy (ETR)** - 为阿肯色、路易斯安那、密西西比和德克萨斯州的300万客户生产、传输和配送电力 [9] - 预计其服务区域的电力需求将因工业客户（如数据中心）13%至14%的复合年增长率而激增 [9] - Meta Platforms正在路易斯安那州东北部建设一个价值100亿美元的AI数据中心，由Entergy供电，Entergy正在建设两座总容量为1.5吉瓦的新燃气发电厂为其供电 [10] - 计划在2026年至2029年间投资410亿美元用于新发电能力和相关基础设施，并与第三方电力生产商签署购电协议，例如NextEra Energy将在未来几年为其开发高达6.2吉瓦的可再生能源和储能容量 [11] - 预计到2029年，每股收益复合年增长率将超过8%，这将支持其继续提高股息收益率为2.8%的股息 [11] 行业驱动因素与机遇 - AI数据中心因需要专用芯片和全天候运行的冷却系统，其耗电量远超处理传统工作负载的数据中心 [5] - 公用事业公司拥有大量机会投资扩大发电能力和相关基础设施，以支持运营扩张，从而推动收益和股息以更快速度增长，为投资者创造强劲的总回报 [4][12] - 佛罗里达州处于利用AI数据中心繁荣的有利位置，该州对超过100兆瓦的数据中心提供州销售税豁免，且FPL拥有该州首个也是唯一获批的大负荷电价 [2]

| 记者：何 璇 | | --- | 连日来，受寒潮影响，毕节市多地迎来阴雨凝冻天气，海拔较高区域道路山林以及输电线路出现结冰现象。1月3日，南方电网毕节供电局工作人 员通过无人机巡线检测、交流融冰方式对位于纳雍县寨乐乡林场的500千伏撒奢线进行除冰作业。 据了解，500千伏撒奢线是贵州电网北部大动脉，在满负荷状态下，线路每天能输送电量7000万千瓦时，相当于600多万个家庭1天的用电量。 通讯员：罗大富 为应对寒潮对供电线路的影响，南方电网贵州毕节供电局将继续严格落实值班值守关注天气变化，动态调整应对策略，统筹防冰、融冰及应急处 置，保障全市电力可靠供应，为人民群众生产生活提供坚实电力支撑。 一审：龙菊珍 二审：罗亚楠 三审：罗 阳 ...

文章核心观点 - 人工智能是当前时代最大的投资机遇，但其发展面临严重的能源危机，为关键能源基础设施公司创造了巨大的“后门”投资机会 [1][2][3] - 一家鲜为人知的公司整合了人工智能能源需求、特朗普关税推动的制造业回流、美国液化天然气出口激增以及核能基础设施等多重趋势，且估值极具吸引力 [5][6][7][14] 人工智能的能源挑战 - 人工智能是历史上最耗电的技术，驱动大型语言模型（如ChatGPT）的每个数据中心消耗的能源相当于一个小型城市 [2] - 人工智能的能源需求正将全球电网推向崩溃边缘，OpenAI创始人Sam Altman警告“人工智能的未来取决于能源突破”，Elon Musk更直言“人工智能明年将耗尽电力” [1][2] - 华尔街正在向人工智能领域投入数千亿美元，但随之而来的能源来源问题被严重忽视 [2] 被推荐公司的核心业务与定位 - 公司并非芯片制造商或云平台，而是拥有关键能源基础设施资产，定位于为即将到来的人工智能能源需求激增提供动力 [3][7] - 公司是美国液化天然气出口领域的关键参与者，该行业在特朗普“美国优先”能源政策下预计将爆发式增长 [5][7] - 公司拥有关键的核能基础设施资产，处于美国下一代电力战略的核心位置 [7][14] - 公司是全球少数能够跨石油、天然气、可再生燃料和工业基础设施执行大规模、复杂工程、采购和建设项目的企业之一 [7] 公司的财务与估值优势 - 公司完全无负债，且持有大量现金，现金储备相当于其总市值的近三分之一 [8] - 剔除现金和投资后，公司的交易市盈率低于7倍 [10] - 公司还持有另一家人工智能热门公司的巨额股权，让投资者能以间接方式、无需支付溢价即可接触多个人工智能增长引擎 [9] 公司面临的行业增长驱动力 - 人工智能基础设施超级周期：人工智能数据中心爆炸性的能源需求是核心驱动力 [3][14] - 制造业回流热潮：特朗普提议的关税政策正推动美国制造商将业务迁回本土，公司将是重建、改造和重新设计这些设施的首选 [5][14] - 美国液化天然气出口激增：受政策推动，液化天然气出口 sector 即将爆发 [5][7][14] - 核能发展：核能作为清洁、可靠电力的未来，公司在该领域拥有独特的布局 [7][14] 市场关注与投资机会 - 当世界被热门人工智能股票分散注意力时，一些精明的投资者正在悄悄买入这家幕后驱动一切的公司股票 [6] - 一些世界上最隐秘的对冲基金经理已在闭门投资峰会上推荐这只股票，认为其估值低得离谱 [9] - 该机会被宣传为可能在12至24个月内实现超过100%的潜在回报 [15]

Artificial intelligence is the greatest investment opportunity of our lifetime. The time to invest in groundbreaking AI is now, and this stock is a steal! AI is eating the world—and the machines behind it are ravenous. Each ChatGPT query, each model update, each robotic breakthrough consumes massive amounts of energy. In fact, AI is already pushing global power grids to the brink. Wall Street is pouring hundreds of billions into artificial intelligence—training smarter chatbots, automating industries, and b ...

Artificial intelligence is the greatest investment opportunity of our lifetime. The time to invest in groundbreaking AI is now, and this stock is a steal! AI is eating the world—and the machines behind it are ravenous. Each ChatGPT query, each model update, each robotic breakthrough consumes massive amounts of energy. In fact, AI is already pushing global power grids to the brink. Wall Street is pouring hundreds of billions into artificial intelligence—training smarter chatbots, automating industries, and b ...