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Hosts: Rohan Kapoor & Amara Diallo In this episode: • Today we're covering the Iran oil crisis pushing crude past $100, and climate disasters driving utility bills through the roof. • Rohan, let's start with Iran. The US blockade of Iranian ports has oil markets in full crisis mode. Brent crude just hit $100.49 per barrel, and that'... • The numbers are staggering. We're talking about a 43% pr...

Hosts: Rohan Kapoor & Amara Diallo In this episode: • Today we're covering the Strait of Hormuz standoff shaking global energy markets, utilities planning a massive $1.4 trillion grid investment for AI po... • Let's start with the Strait of Hormuz crisis. Nearly 30 nations just met in Paris to figure out how to reopen this critical chokepoint that normally h... • The numbers here are staggerin...

Hosts: Rohan Kapoor & Amara Diallo In this episode: • Today we're talking AI's massive power grab, a solid-state battery scandal, and big tech's emissions cover-up. • First up — AI data centers are literally reshaping America's power grid, and your electricity bill is about to feel it. • The numbers here are staggering. AI data centers now consume more electricity than entire states, and utili...

Hosts: Rohan Kapoor & Amara Diallo In this episode: • Today we're covering the AI data center power crunch that's reshaping US grid policy, the copper supply race driven by AI demand, and breakthrough EV ... • Starting with the story that's keeping utility executives up at night — AI data centers are literally breaking the grid. Rohan, the numbers here are s... • Yeah, and here's what's really...

Hosts: Rohan Kapoor & Amara Diallo In this episode: • Today we're covering solar's historic milestone, the AI data center power crunch, and Trump's Defense Production Act move. • Let's start with the big one—the IEA just announced that solar has officially overtaken every other energy source globally for the first time in histo... • The numbers are staggering. We're talking about solar generat...

Hosts: Rohan Kapoor & Amara Diallo In this episode: • Today we're tracking the battery charging speed war between CATL and BYD, plus why data centers are going all-in on nuclear and gas power. • The battery story is absolutely wild, Rohan. CATL just dropped their third-generation Shenxing LFP battery with full charges in six minutes. That's fa... • Yeah, and BYD isn't sitting still either. The...

Hosts: Rohan Kapoor & Amara Diallo In this episode: • Today we're tracking the hyperscaler data center power crunch that's completely reshaping grid planning, and how nuclear is making a surprising comeba... • Rohan, let's start with this data center situation because the numbers here are genuinely staggering. We're talking about AI facilities that need as m... • The scale is what gets me. Mic...

Hosts: Rohan Kapoor & Amara Diallo In this episode: • Today we're covering X-Energy's blockbuster IPO debut, electricity prices spiking in data center states, and Maine's governor rejecting a statewide da... • Let's start with X-Energy, because this IPO is telling us something profound about where investors think the future of AI infrastructure is heading. T... • The numbers are striking. They...

Hosts: Rohan Kapoor & Amara Diallo In this episode: • Today we're looking at the energy market's quiet Monday, plus some fascinating developments in grid technology and renewable investments. • You know, Rohan, sometimes the quiet days tell us just as much as the chaotic ones. The energy sector seems to be in this interesting holding pattern ... • Absolutely. When you look at the fundamentals,...

Hosts: Rohan Kapoor & Amara Diallo In this episode: • Today: UAE's shocking OPEC exit, CATL's massive sodium battery deal, and Oracle's fuel cell power play. • Rohan, the UAE leaving OPEC on May 1st feels like watching the Berlin Wall come down for oil markets. This isn't just another member leaving—it's the ... • The numbers here are staggering. UAE pumps 3.2 million barrels per day but has b...

Hosts: Rohan Kapoor & Amara Diallo In this episode: • Today: Meta's AI campus pushes Entergy's capital plan past $57 billion, Rivian downsizes its DOE loan, and FirstEnergy battles PJM over data center co... • Alright, let's start with that eye-popping Entergy number. Meta's Louisiana AI campus is driving Entergy's capital plan to $57 billion through 2029—th... • The numbers here are staggerin...

Hosts: Rohan Kapoor & Amara Diallo In this episode: • Today we're covering Meta's massive Louisiana AI campus that's pushing Entergy's capital spending through the roof, plus Meta's wild bet on space-base... • Let's start with Entergy's eye-popping numbers. Meta's Louisiana AI campus is driving Entergy to boost their capital plan to $57 billion over the next... • The numbers here are staggerin...

Hosts: Rohan Kapoor & Amara Diallo In this episode: • Today we're looking at the energy markets heading into summer 2026, some fascinating developments in grid storage technology, and why Europe's renewab... • Plus we'll cover the latest battery breakthroughs and what's happening with solar panel efficiency rates. • So let's start with what everyone's watching - natural gas prices are down 18%...

Hosts: Rohan Kapoor & Amara Diallo In this episode: • Today we're covering the growing bipartisan backlash against AI data centers, Asia's massive $70 billion power grid plan, and how microplastics might ... • Starting with what might be the most surprising political alignment we've seen in years—liberals and conservatives are joining forces to block AI data... • The numbers here are staggerin...

Hosts: Rohan Kapoor & Amara Diallo In this episode: • Welcome to Pivot Energy for Friday, May 8th, 2026. I'm Rohan Kapoor. • And I'm Amara Diallo. Today we're tracking the collision between AI's infrastructure boom and the communities, grids, and climate pledges trying to ke... • Let's start with Microsoft. Multiple outlets are reporting that the company's AI data center expansion is putting r...

Hosts: Rohan Kapoor & Amara Diallo In this episode: • Today we're covering Three Mile Island's resurrection for AI power, Europe's grid under attack, and a new simulator that might solve datacenter-grid c... • Starting with the big one—Three Mile Island, site of America's worst nuclear accident in 1979, is coming back online specifically to power AI chatbots... • The economics here are fascina...

Hosts: Rohan Kapoor & Amara Diallo In this episode: • Welcome to Pivot Energy for Sunday, May 10, 2026. I'm Rohan Kapoor. • And I'm Amara Diallo. Today we're talking about how AI is rewriting the rules of the American power grid, from a resurrected nuclear plant to a boardr... • Let's start with the headline number: Three Mile Island, the site of America's worst commercial nuclear accident in...

Hosts: Rohan Kapoor & Amara Diallo In this episode: • Welcome to Pivot Energy for Monday, May 11th, 2026. I'm Rohan Kapoor. • And I'm Amara Diallo. Today we're tracking a power market that looks very different than it did even six months ago. Data center load growth, nuclear ... • Let's start with the headline number. PJM's latest capacity auction cleared at $329 per megawatt-day, just shy of...

Hosts: Rohan Kapoor & Amara Diallo In this episode: • Today we're tracking AI data centers dodging city oversight, a massive phishing breach hitting critical infrastructure, and Nvidia's wild bet on backy... • Let's start with this fascinating trend of AI data centers literally running for the hills. Developers are increasingly building on unincorporated rur... • The economics here are pretty...

Hosts: Rohan Kapoor & Amara Diallo In this episode: • Welcome to the Pivot Energy podcast for Wednesday, May 13, 2026. I'm Rohan Kapoor. • And I'm Amara Diallo. Today we're talking about compute becoming a tradeable commodity, Tesla doubling down in Germany, and a sober look at AI's role ... • Let's start with the CME news. CME Group is partnering with Silicon Data to launch a futures market f...

Hosts: Rohan Kapoor & Amara Diallo In this episode: - Today we're covering Duke Energy's massive data center surge, a boardroom brawl at nuclear developer Fermi, and Australia's grid warnings about AI pow... - First up, Duke Energy just dropped some jaw-dropping numbers on data center growth. Rohan, walk us through this. - Duke signed 2.7 gigawatts of new data center contracts just in Q1 2026,...

Hosts: Rohan Kapoor & Amara Diallo In this episode: • Today we're covering the Trump administration's massive wind freeze, rare grid warnings from the AI boom, and Denmark's potential data center limits. • Our top story: The Trump administration just froze 165 onshore wind projects—that's 30 gigawatts of capacity sitting in limbo. These aren't federal la... • The timing here is brutal. We're l...

Hosts: Rohan Kapoor & Amara Diallo In this episode: • Today we're covering Fermi's nuclear data center dreams hitting reality, Caterpillar's massive power generation pivot, and Trump's approval of the Bri... • Let's start with Fermi Energy. This nuclear AI startup secured prime Texas land and power commitments for their revolutionary data center concept—but ... • I've been tracking Fermi since...

Hosts: Rohan Kapoor & Amara Diallo In this episode: • Today we're covering Big Tech's record-breaking hundred-thirty billion dollar AI spending spree, OpenAI's strategic pivot on Stargate, and how Meta's ... • Starting with those eye-popping numbers from Big Tech earnings. Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Meta just reported over a hundred and thirty billion do... • Let me put that in perspective...

Hosts: Rohan Kapoor & Amara Diallo In this episode: • Today we're covering Kevin O'Leary's massive Utah data center getting approved, Meta's wild bet on space solar power, and how a Hormuz closure could c... • Starting with O'Leary's Wonder Valley project—Utah just approved a 9 gigawatt data center campus. That's more than double the entire state's electrici... • Let me put those numbers in pe...