Journalist eating mussels in Brussels and covering climate, energy (crises) for Bloomberg. Mundus Journalism advisory board member. Opinions own etc. He/him.
John Ainger
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A proposed Utah data center that would have been almost three times the size of Manhattan will be drastically scaled back after intense pressure.
It's the brainchild of Shark Tank's Kevin O’Leary. He's now pledged to cut the 40,000-acre Stratos project in half.
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🚨 Job Klaxon 🚨
I’ve moved to the Bloomberg HQ in NYC to start a three-month job posting covering US grids, AI, data centers and more.
Let me know if you're in town and want to grab a coffee, or simply to give me your best pizza/bagel/jazz bar recommendation.
Back in Brussels in August.
The EU introduced a gas price cap that was never triggered during the energy crisis.
Now Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is looking to bring it back amid the Iran war and the growing calls to lower power bills.
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First story from New York is out:
Data centers are driving a surge in carbon prices in the US Northeast. That's raising the prospect of even higher energy costs for consumers, on top of what they're already feeling due to the boom in AI.
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NEW: A wind project billed as the largest clean energy installation in the US is due to come online next month, even as the pipeline of new large-scale renewables dries up amid pressure from the Trump administration.
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NEW: The EU will announce a big bet on electrification next week to help it whether future energy crises.
The draft includes floating targeted amendments to ensure electricity is taxed less than fossil fuels, and doubling down on heatpumps.
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The EU made a “strategic mistake” in turning its back on nuclear, Ursula von der Leyen said in thinly-veiled criticism of Germany’s decision to close its reactors.
When that decision was made after Fukushima in 2011, VDL was German labour minister.
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Europe is stepping up protection of key energy infrastructure as physical and cyber threats increase.
Unfortunately, I wasn't the one to go in the chopper, but it was a fun story to work on nonetheless.
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⚡ The AI data center boom in the US is threatening to claim its biggest victim yet — the nation’s largest electric grid operator. ⚡
In an explosive speech, the FERC chair said it may have grown "too big to function."
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It's been one hell of a week for EU energy markets.
Even before the Iran war, energy was a major concern in Europe and now that weakness has been brutally exposed once again.
Read the weekend story from myself and @albertonardelli.bsky.social 👇
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John Ainger
John Ainger
John Ainger
John Ainger
Underneath the glass and wrought iron ceiling of Antwerp’s stock exchange last month, French President Emmanuel Macron addressed a hall full of executives from heavy industries. He wasted no time in d...
