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•December 25, 2025•4 min

VC10X•Dec 25, 2025

AI Summary

The episode explains how the AI boom has shifted the competitive focus from chips to electricity, prompting Big Tech firms to acquire or contract power assets—Google’s $4.75 billion purchase of Intersect Power, Microsoft’s Three Mile Island restart, and Amazon’s nuclear deals. It highlights the "energy wall" where AI workloads consume ten times more power than search, projecting data centers to use 9% of U.S. electricity by 2030, and argues that this is driving a vertical integration trend and a nuclear renaissance for reliable, 24/7 power. The hosts discuss the implications for the power grid, consumer electricity costs, and investors as tech companies become de‑facto utilities.

Episode Description

The AI race isn't about chips anymore. It's about electricity. In a massive $4.75 billion deal, Google (Alphabet) just acquired Intersect Power, a major clean energy developer, to secure the grid access its data centers desperately need.

But Google isn't alone. From Microsoft restarting Three Mile Island to Amazon's massive nuclear contracts, Big Tech is panic-buying power plants.

In this video, we break down why the "AI Energy Wall" is forcing tech giants to become utility companies, and what this means for the future of the power grid, nuclear energy, and your electric bill.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 – Intro: Bigtech Energy War

0:44 – The Deal: Why Google Bought Intersect Power for $4.75B

1:30 – The "Energy Wall": AI Power Consumption vs. The Grid

2:01 – BigTech Energy Contracts in 2025

3:21 – Who Pays? The Impact on Consumers and Investors

KEY TAKEAWAYS

✅ Google's $4.75B Bet: Alphabet acquires Intersect Power to build "behind the meter" energy projects, bypassing the clogged public grid.

✅ The Energy Crisis: AI queries use 10x more power than search. By 2030, US data centers will consume 9% of all electricity.

✅ Nuclear Renaissance: Tech giants are single-handedly reviving nuclear power (SMRs & restarts) because they need 24/7 reliability that solar/wind can't provide.

✅ Vertical Integration: Big Tech is now owning the entire stack: from the AI model to the chip to the power plant running it.

SOURCES & DATA

Google Acquires Intersect Power ($4.75B Deal)
Microsoft Restarts Three Mile Island (Constellation Energy Deal)
Amazon Signs 1.9GW Nuclear Deal (Talen Energy)
Data Center Power Demand Forecast (Bain/Bloomberg)

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