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The Smartest Way to Play the AI Boom in 2026

The Smartest Way to Play the AI Boom in 2026 If you've been investing in the AI boom, you probably own most of the same names everyone else does…

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More than 70% of grid interconnection requests in the United States are ultimately withdrawn because the grid simply cannot accommodate them
60% confidence
Bitzero Holdings (AIBZ) is well positioned for the coming AI energy infrastructure opportunity; most investors have never heard of it
60% confidence
Training the next generation of large language models requires the equivalent power draw of small cities
60% confidence
The chip trade, the cloud trade, and the AI software trade have already been priced in; next-leg returns must come from one layer beneath — the energy infrastructure enabling all of it
60% confidence
A single ChatGPT query consumes roughly 10 times the energy of a Google search
60% confidence
Industry forecasts put AI data center capital expenditure at roughly $5.2 trillion between now and 2030
60% confidence
50% of the data centers currently planned across the United States will never get built due to grid constraints
60% confidence
Global data center power demand will surge up to 165% by 2030 compared to 2023 levels
60% confidence
NVIDIA alone has minted more wealth in two years than most companies create in a century
60% confidence
The US power grid was built for a world where electricity demand grew at 1-2% per year, predictably, with decades of warning — it was not designed for AI-scale demand
60% confidence