Jordan Blum
- Business
- May 17, 2026
- 19 views
New NRG CEO leans into growth with ‘bring your own power’ for the AI boom and ‘virtual power plants’
Robert Gaudette took over as the new CEO of power and electricity giant NRG Energy at the end of April ready to ride the AI wave and build the “bespoke…
- Business
- February 12, 2026
- 44 views
Stanford researchers have a fix for ‘fertility president’ Trump’s baby boom anxiety: Remote work
In the early days of his second term, President Donald Trump has worked to crack the code on America’s fertility drop and reverse falling birth rates. Describing himself as the…
- Business
- January 15, 2026
- 42 views
IPO boom times are back, with SpaceX and OpenAI on investors’ 2026 wish list. But be careful what you buy
In 1999, stock buyers had a cornucopia of new options as U.S. companies went public at a near-record clip. The crop included names like Nvidia and BlackRock that, for those…
- Business
- December 27, 2025
- 83 views
At the edges of the AI data center boom, rural America is up against Silicon Valley billions
The land around Hassayampa Ranch, 50 miles west of Phoenix, is dotted with saguaro cacti and home to coyotes, jackrabbits, and rattlesnakes. Its few hundred human residents were largely drawn…
Data center boom creates political conundrum for the GOP – Politico
Data center boom creates political conundrum for the GOP Politico
- Opinion
- October 23, 2025
- 82 views
Opinion | Is the A.I. Boom Just Vibes?
Yeah, OpenAI, for example, is worth hundreds of billions of dollars, but it’s pretty hard to buy a share in it. It’s not publicly traded. That’s just the valuation you…
- Business
- April 18, 2025
- 135 views
Malaysia aspires to provide the backbone of the global AI boom. Will the bet pay off?
The jungles of Johor, the Malaysian state across the Johor Strait from Singapore, were first cleared in the 1840s by Chinese clans from Singapore seeking more space to grow black…
