According to @business, Nippon Life expects its overseas project finance lending to rise 11% to a record this year, driven by surging demand to fund AI data centers in the US and other regions; source: Bloomberg, Sep 18, 2025. For traders, this indicates expanding deal flow in long-dated USD project loans tied to AI infrastructure and power capacity, highlighting opportunities in US energy and data center financing; source: Bloomberg, Sep 18, 2025. IEA reports electricity use by data centres and AI could roughly double by 2026, underscoring rising power demand from AI buildouts; source: International Energy Agency, 2024. Electricity is a primary operating cost for Bitcoin miners, and changes in regional power prices directly affect miner margins; source: Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, 2024.