Blue Energy and GE Vernova advance a 2.5 GW gas-plus-nuclear data center project in Texas.

EIA: US reactor operators paid $58.46 per pound for uranium in 2025, up 11 percent.

NEI 2025 cost data: US nuclear generating cost hit $36.46 per MWh, up 5.1 percent.

Regulators approved over 80 percent of insurer requests to exclude AI damages from liability policies.

The AI Incident Database logged 362 AI incidents in 2025, a 55 percent rise over 2024, per Stanford HAI.

Warner Bros. Discovery faced online criticism over an AI-generated dog podcast ad for The End of Oak Street.

NHTSA upgraded its Tesla Full Self-Driving probe to an Engineering Analysis covering 3.2 million vehicles.

Statista: global data center market revenue reaches $538.91B in 2026, with the US leading at $168.51B.

IEA: data centers drive about half of US electricity demand growth to 2030, as US adds over 420 TWh.

Silver runs a sixth straight annual deficit of 67 Moz in 2026 as supply hits a decade high of 1.05 Boz.

McKinsey: 93% of enterprises exceeded AI budgets as spend rises fourfold from pilot to full scale.

Stanford's 2026 AI Index: 88% of organizations use AI, agent deployment still in single digits.

Silver was bid at $69.21 an ounce on August 21, up 1.84%, with a daily range of $67.81 to $70.14.

Bunker Hill Mining will buy Silver47 Exploration in a $163 million all-stock deal for US silver assets.

Engine work takes 53% of 2026's $139 billion commercial aftermarket, with North America at $159 billion.

Boeing projects 125,000 new maintenance technicians for North America and a $995 billion regional services market.

AAR opens expanded airframe MRO facility at Miami International Airport, adding 100,000 sq ft and 200 jobs.

EIA: US refining capacity fell about 1% to 18.2 million barrels per calendar day on Jan 1, 2026.

US on-highway diesel averaged $5.454 a gallon on Aug 17, 2026, up 19.7 cents weekly and $1.741 yearly.