| June 2, 2026 | |
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| WTI (Jul) $93.76 ▲1.70% · NG (Jul) $3.167 ▼0.40% · RIGS 562 ▲4 · S&P 7,609.78 ▲0.13% · XOP $168.85 ▲0.58% | |
| June 2 close · Gas = Henry Hub Jul 2026 · Rigs = Baker Hughes (week ending May 29, 2026) |
| $80B |
| Alphabet’s proposed equity raise to fund AI infrastructure — the largest single equity capital raise in U.S. history, with Berkshire in for $10B |
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| Lead Story |
| $80B — Alphabet asks the equity market to fund the AI buildout |
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AI infrastructure is no longer just a hyperscaler capex line. It’s now a capital-markets event for power, equipment, land, cooling, substations and backup generation. |
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• $30B public offerings + a $40B Q3 ATM + a $10B Berkshire private placement — the check written by new CEO Greg Abel, not Buffett. Lands after Alphabet lifted 2026 capex to $180B–$190B. |
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• The read-through: AI demand is outrunning internal funding, grid timelines and equipment at once. This issue has both sides of the trade — Alphabet raising equity, IREN financing GPUs as credit, Google buying capacity via Voltus. |
| The Headlines |
| Power / Upstream M&A |
| $1.3B — NextEra buys Caliber and builds a shale JV with Quantum |
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• NextEra agreed to acquire Caliber Resource Partners for $1.3B, then folded the assets — plus its existing Trinity Operating gas holdings — into NEQ Operating, a 50/50 JV with Quantum Capital Group. Quantum’s Alan Smith serves as interim executive chairman. |
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• The deal shores up NextEra’s own gas supply days after its ~$67B Dominion merger; Caliber’s stakes are non-operated interests across multiple onshore U.S. shale basins. |
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| AI Infrastructure / Structured Finance |
| $3.65B — IREN securitizes the AI factory |
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• $2.10B private placement (SOFR + 213 bps) + $1.55B delayed-draw term loan (SOFR + 225 bps); blended cost 6.00%. Funds 96% of $5.81B GPU capex at a 3.31% all-in cost. |
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• Rated A / A(low) by Fitch / DBRS — IREN calls it the highest-rated GPU financing and the first in the U.S. private-placement market. Supports 480 MW of AI Cloud capacity by year-end 2026. |
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| Gas Power / Equipment |
| 460 MW — Hallador buys the turbine queue |
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• ~460 MW of Siemens turbines from Energy World Corp for $350M (~$760/kW); ~$100M of refurb/transport puts delivered cost near $450M. |
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• Slated for the proposed Merom simple-cycle project in MISO Zone 6; never fired, acquired ahead of an FID after MISO ERAS (~Sept 2026). “Until you have equipment, you don’t have a project.” |
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| Nuclear Fuel |
| 2.1M SWU — Urenco gives nuclear fuel reshoring real capex |
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• Expands the country’s only commercial enrichment facility (Eunice, NM) by nearly 50% — 2.1M SWU via up to 24 cascades. Construction 2029, first LEU 2032, full production 2036. |
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• Adds to existing 4.3M SWU (plus a 700,000 SWU expansion finishing 2027). The site has drawn $5B+ of private capital since 2006 and meets ~one-third of U.S. demand. |
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