The AI Incident Database logged 362 incidents in 2025, up from 233 in 2024.

McDonald's pulled an AI holiday ad after backlash while Atlanta based Coca-Cola ran a third AI campaign.

An exposed database left 3.7 million Sears Home Services AI chat and call records accessible.

DOE awarded over $2.7 billion to four companies to rebuild US uranium enrichment capacity.

TVA filed an NRC construction permit for a BWRX-300 SMR at Clinch River in Tennessee.

EIA projects a record 86 GW of US capacity additions in 2026 while nuclear stays flat.

US nuclear runs 96 reactors at a 91% capacity factor supplying about 19% of electricity.

NRC renewed both Plant Hatch licenses in Georgia in under 12 months, extending operation to 80 years.

NRC held an Aug. 11 virtual Q and A on its proposed reactor licensing rule overhaul.

CBRE data shows North American data center vacancy at a record 1.4% with Atlanta at 1%.

Bank of America projects data centers add 125 GW of US load by 2030 at a 4.1% demand growth rate.

ERCOT aims to finish its Texas data center audit by Dec. 10 as interconnections stay paused.

Data center firms leased over 9 million square feet of metro Atlanta warehouse space since 2022.

Central banks bought a record 288.9 tonnes of gold in Q2 2026, up 62% year over year.

Silver Institute forecasts a 46.3 million ounce supply deficit in 2026, the sixth straight year.

Ur-Energy shipped first uranium from Shirley Basin, Wyoming on Aug. 19, 2026.

Silver opened at $69.34 an ounce on Aug. 24, 2026, up 18.2% over the past month.

AI investment keeps rising while only 39% of organizations report any EBIT impact from AI.

Stanford AI Index 2026 reports 88% organizational AI adoption with under 10% fully scaled.