We've already pointed out that money isn't the problem in America's unprecedented data center construction buildout. Big Tech's AI capex splurge is effectively endless thanks to "circle-jerk" vendor-financing schemes, and land is plentiful.
The real bottleneck? First, it was power - or rather, the lack of it - as the grid struggles to hook up hyperscalers sprinting toward ever larger and more power-hungry AI server racks.
Beyond a power grid already stretched thin due to limited capacity, the Trump administration is now scrambling to fix this with an accelerated nuclear push before the 2030s. We've identified another problem that central bankers can't print their way out of: skilled labor. And no, we're not talking about the need for cheap, unskilled migrant labor. We're talking about a highly skilled workforce required to build, run, and maintain data centers, as well as expand the power grid and operate nuclear power plants.
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/power-america-needs-500000-highly-skilled-workers
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In a surprising act of political awareness, Democrat Mayor of Stockton, CA, Christina Fugazi, announced her intention this week to ask the federal government for manpower to stop rising crime after a horrific mass shooting at a child's birthday party resulted in the deaths of 4 people and 11 wounded.
Though the investigation is ongoing, officials believe the attack was gang-related. Suspects remain at large.
"We've got approximately 5,000 gang members and 100 gangs in the city of Stockton," Fugazi said. Stockton's violent crime rate is currently 212% higher than the national average.
(Stockton is 44% Mexican, 17% White. That explains the gangs. Lots of Asians due to farming. First Sikh temple in the US in 1912. Still no description of the perps who shot up the Birthday party. were they Black or Mexican?)
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/democrat-mayor-asks-federal-help-after-mass-shooting-childs-birthday-party
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Monster with Dozens of Prior Arrests Punches Elderly Man, Shoves Him onto Train Tracks in Chicago
