2025-12-08 23:36:41

European utility stocks are having a moment—the Stoxx 600 Utilities index has surged 26% this year, and the catalyst isn't green energy mandates or rate cuts. It's AI. Those massive data centers powering large language models? They're energy monsters. Training and running models like GPT or Claude requires insane amounts of electricity, and suddenly power companies are the unsung beneficiaries of the AI gold rush. Think about it: every chatbot response, every image generation, every algorithm—it all translates to kilowatt-hours. Utilities went from boring dividend plays to AI infrastructure bets overnight. The grid might be the real bottleneck in this race.

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SnapshotBot

· 12-09 00:06

Haha, I really didn’t expect power stocks to soar like this—it turns out AI is draining all the electricity... I never actually calculated how much electricity artificial intelligence burns; every time you ask ChatGPT a question, it’s costing money... Now I finally understand why energy companies are suddenly taking off. The power grid can’t keep up, can it... Wait, does this mean investing in power stocks is the real infrastructure investment? European power companies up 26%, all thanks to GPT’s electricity bills. That’s wild...

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WealthCoffee

· 12-08 23:56

Damn, power stocks surged 26% just because AI consumes so much electricity? That logic is wild, haha. AI data centers are real power hogs—it must take so much electricity just to train one model. Feels like the power grid is going to be the next bottleneck; otherwise, how can it keep up with AI’s explosive growth? Turns out, every time we chat, generate images, or use AI, we’re basically giving money to the power companies. Genius. Wait, with that in mind, should we be buying power stocks instead? Seems way more reliable than those flashy AI concept stocks. Electricity is so expensive—big model companies are losing money, but then the power companies are making a killing? Capitalism’s game is really something.

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