The Utilities Analyst Who Says The Data Center Demand Story Doesn't Add Up | Odd Lots

Utilities analysts are having a moment as the energy sector gets a boost from AI. With an extra 94 gigawatts forecast to be needed by 2030 to power all these data centers, energy investment has become a hot play as investors take a "picks and shovels" approach. But one long-time utilities analyst says that -- from a utilities perspective -- we're already set to overbuild capacity by twice as much is needed. Andy DeVries, head of investment grade credit and head of utilities and power at CreditSights, talks to us about the math behind his infrastructure overbuild analysis, who's been making money (so far) from the data center boom, and what we already see playing out in the credit markets.

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