According to @StockMKTNewz, Google (GOOGL) has agreed to acquire Intersect, described as a data center and energy infrastructure company, for $4.75 billion in cash plus the assumption of debt, source: @StockMKTNewz; CNBC. For trading context, the asset’s data center and energy profile aligns with hyperscale AI compute expansion where power-secure capacity is a key constraint for cloud providers, source: CNBC; International Energy Agency. For crypto-linked infrastructure watchers, data centers and cryptocurrency mining are both electricity-intensive verticals, underscoring the strategic importance of energy-backed compute infrastructure for power-hungry sectors, source: International Energy Agency.