[Data] IEA: data center electricity demand jumped 17% in 2025, set to double by 2030.

FERC orders six grid operators to fix data center interconnection rules within 60 days.

Iron Mountain breaks ground on a 48 MW data center campus near Richmond, Virginia.

Verizon's 2026 DBIR: AI cut the breach exploitation window from months to hours.

Stanford's 2026 AI Index found documented AI incidents rose to 362, up from 233.

McKinsey: 93 percent of enterprises exceed AI budgets as spend climbs nearly fourfold at scale.

McDonald's pulled an AI-generated Christmas ad in the Netherlands after viewer backlash.

Meta's AI support bot let hackers hijack Instagram accounts via a password-reset flaw.

Stanford AI Index: global trust in AI products rises to 59 percent, but consumer unease climbs too.

World Gold Council Q2 2026 data shows flat demand as central bank buying offset falling ETF flows.

Silver Institute projects a sixth straight annual supply deficit for the global silver market in 2026.

Energy Fuels reports low-cost Q2 2026 uranium output while expanding into rare earth magnets.

DOE awards $2.7 billion to rebuild domestic uranium enrichment capacity and cut reliance on foreign fuel.

Oklo's Groves Isotope Test Reactor reaches criticality in Lockhart, Texas, under a DOE pilot program.

EIA's latest dataset counts 94 operating US reactors and roughly 96.8 gigawatts of nuclear capacity.

NEI data shows the US nuclear fleet's capacity factor near record highs even as output levels off.

Plant Vogtle's four reactors anchor Georgia's power mix as electricity demand climbs across the state.

NRC unveils a 550-page proposed rule to modernize reactor licensing, siting, and safety oversight nationwide.

Silver hit $65 an ounce Friday after a weak US jobs report renewed safe-haven investor demand.