Mike Wirth, Chevron CEO on their $7 billion investment into Venezuela: "There have been significant changes in dispute resolution provisions and assurance of terms and economics in the contracts. They’ve got enforceable mechanisms that give us a different degree of confidence today to make these investments than there would have been a year ago." CNBC's @SullyCNBC: "So things, fair to say, the operating environment here has evolved enough where you’re willing to commit the seven billion like that? If it wasn’t for that change, that seven billion of additional capital may not have occurred." Wirth: "I think that’s fair to say. The Venezuelan government and the US government both see the opportunity to improve regional energy security, US energy security, improve reliable supply to US refineries, and bring investment and development to the Venezuelan economy. So both governments have been very supportive of this evolution of terms to encourage investment from companies like ours, and I expect there will be others."

Frederick County, Maryland, just announced a $110 MILLION community benefits agreement tied to a data center development. $30M for a local school. $40M for a community center. $14.5M for workforce training. $5M to help lower residents’ energy bills.

At the moment: 472 gas-fired power plants are under development in the US, with 270 gigawatts of combined generation capacity.

Data centers are boosting American manufacturing

Electricity prices have risen dramatically in states with few data centers, while states with lots of data centers have not seen dramatic price increases. Maybe it's not the data centers.

NEW 📊 in @readchaoticera: Data centers are becoming a kitchen table issue poised to upend the midterms, and content opposing the construction boom is flooding Americans' feeds on social media.