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Moody’s alert cites gap in data centre accounting for Big Tech companiesAccounting limitations mean tens of billions in liabilities may be concealed for leasing costsMeta is among a growing number of companies using special purpose vehicles owned and funded largely by other investors to build their data centres © George Frey/BloombergA gap in US accounting rules allows Big Tech companies to conceal tens of billions of dollars of potential liabilities for their AI data centres, the credit rating agency Moody’s warned on Monday.“Limitations” in the rules mean AI companies may not have to account either for the cost of renewing a data centre lease or for the cost of not renewing it, even though either number could be huge, Moody’s analysts wrote.“Disclosures may not show the full picture”, the rating agency warned, adding “the accounting liability is unlikely to reflect certain plausible future scenarios”.A growing number of companies including Meta and Oracle are using special purpose vehicles owned and funded largely by other investors to build their data centres. The long-term cost of leasing the data centre back from the entities is equivalent to debt in the eyes of rating agencies and many investors.In some cases, companies are taking relatively short-term leases while at the same time guaranteeing to pay compensation if they do not renew and the value of the data centre falls as a result.The arrangement means liabilities might not show up anywhere in the accounts, according to Moody’s.US generally accepted accounting principles require the lease renewal to be “reasonably certain” — typically viewed as 70 per cent likely, at least — before it is accounted for. The cost of the residual value guarantee which might be triggered if the lease is not renewed only has to be accounted for if it is “probable”, meaning more than 50 per cent likely.Analysts David Gonzales and Alastair Drake wrote: “The decision to extend a lease term will depend in part on the hyperscalers’ willingness to make additional investments in hardware, since key technological components installed in data centres typically have a useful life of four to six years . . . A strict application of the guidance may lead many lease renewals to fall below the ‘reasonably certain’ standard.”The largest private credit data centre deal is a case in point, Moody’s said. Meta’s planned Hyperion facility in Louisiana, housed in a special purpose vehicle called Beignet Investor that has financing from Blue Owl Capital, will be leased to the company for an initial term of four years, but with options to renew for up to 20. Meta is also guaranteeing compensation of up to $28bn if the value of the property falls.Those details are included in footnotes to Meta’s most recent annual report, and no liabilities are included on the company’s balance sheet. “As of December 31 2025, RVG payments are not probable and therefore, no liability has been recorded,” the company wrote.Moody’s said it would do its own probability assessments when deciding what future liabilities to consider when it gives a credit rating to a tech company.“A quantitative debt adjustment would likely be made where we believe the reported lease liability understates the likely cash outflow,” it said, “taking into consideration the likely renewal period or the likely exercise of the RVG, or both.”
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https://www.nodal.am/2025/12/declaracion-de-argel-sobre-los-crimenes-del-colonialismo-en-africa/Declaración de Argel sobre los crímenes del colonialismo en ÁfricaRecordando todas las decisiones pertinentes de la UA, incluidas la Asamblea/AU/Dec.884(XXXVII), de febrero de 2025, que proclama el tema para el año 2025 como «Justicia para los africanos y los afrodescendientes mediante reparaciones»; la Asamblea/AU/Dec.934(XXXVIII), de febrero de 2025, sobre la clasificación de la esclavitud, la deportación y la colonización como crímenes de lesa humanidad y genocidio contra los pueblos africanos; así como la Declaración de Addis Abeba sobre la Alianza Transcontinental para la Justicia Reparativa (7 de septiembre de 2025), adoptada en la Segunda Cumbre África-Caribe el 7 de septiembre de 2025; la Declaración de Abuja de 1993; la Declaración y el Programa de Acción de Durban (2001); y la Proclamación de Accra, de noviembre de 2023, sobre el establecimiento de un frente unido en favor de la justicia y las reparaciones para los africanos;
CitarEconomists don’t actually have a good handle on what causes trade deficits, but whatever it is, it’s clear that tariffs have a hard time getting rid of them without causing severe damage to the economy. Trump seemed to sense this when stock markets fell and money started fleeing America, which is why he backed off on much of his tariff agenda.
Economists don’t actually have a good handle on what causes trade deficits, but whatever it is, it’s clear that tariffs have a hard time getting rid of them without causing severe damage to the economy. Trump seemed to sense this when stock markets fell and money started fleeing America, which is why he backed off on much of his tariff agenda.
US Farmers Are Rejecting Multimillion-Dollar Datacenter Bids For Their LandPosted by BeauHD on Monday February 23, 2026 @10:30PM from the not-for-sale dept.An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Guardian:CitarWhen two men knocked on Ida Huddleston's door last May, they carried a contract worth more than $33m in exchange for the Kentucky farm that had fed her family for centuries. According to Huddleston, the men's client, an unnamed "Fortune 100 company," sought her 650 acres (260 hectares) in Mason county for an unspecified industrial development. Finding out any more would require signing a non-disclosure agreement. More than a dozen of her neighbors received the same knock. Searching public records for answers, they discovered that a new customer (PDF) had applied for a 2.2 gigawatt project from the local power plant, nearly double its annual generation capacity. The unknown company was building a datacenter. "You don't have enough to buy me out. I'm not for sale. Leave me alone, I'm satisfied," Huddleston, 82, later told the men.As tech companies race to build the massive datacenters needed to power artificial intelligence across the US and the world, bids like the one for Huddleston's land are appearing on rural doorsteps nationwide. Globally, 40,000 acres of powered land – real estate prepped for datacenter development -- are projected to be needed for new projects over the next five years, double the amount currently in use. Yet despite sums that often dwarf the land's recent value, farmers are increasingly shutting the door. At least five of Huddleston's neighbors gave similar categorical rejections, including one who was told he could name any price.In Pennsylvania, a farmer rejected $15m in January for land he'd worked for 50 years. A Wisconsin farmer turned down $80m the same month. Other landowners have declined offers exceeding $120,000 per acre -- prices unimaginable just a few years ago. The rebuffs are a jarring reminder of AI's physical bounds, and limits of the dollars behind the technology. [...] As AI promises to transcend corporeal fallibility, these standoffs reveal its very physical constraints -- and Wall Street's miscalculation of what some people value most. In the rolling hills of Mason county and farmland across America, that gap is measured not in dollars but in something harder to price: identity.
When two men knocked on Ida Huddleston's door last May, they carried a contract worth more than $33m in exchange for the Kentucky farm that had fed her family for centuries. According to Huddleston, the men's client, an unnamed "Fortune 100 company," sought her 650 acres (260 hectares) in Mason county for an unspecified industrial development. Finding out any more would require signing a non-disclosure agreement. More than a dozen of her neighbors received the same knock. Searching public records for answers, they discovered that a new customer (PDF) had applied for a 2.2 gigawatt project from the local power plant, nearly double its annual generation capacity. The unknown company was building a datacenter. "You don't have enough to buy me out. I'm not for sale. Leave me alone, I'm satisfied," Huddleston, 82, later told the men.As tech companies race to build the massive datacenters needed to power artificial intelligence across the US and the world, bids like the one for Huddleston's land are appearing on rural doorsteps nationwide. Globally, 40,000 acres of powered land – real estate prepped for datacenter development -- are projected to be needed for new projects over the next five years, double the amount currently in use. Yet despite sums that often dwarf the land's recent value, farmers are increasingly shutting the door. At least five of Huddleston's neighbors gave similar categorical rejections, including one who was told he could name any price.In Pennsylvania, a farmer rejected $15m in January for land he'd worked for 50 years. A Wisconsin farmer turned down $80m the same month. Other landowners have declined offers exceeding $120,000 per acre -- prices unimaginable just a few years ago. The rebuffs are a jarring reminder of AI's physical bounds, and limits of the dollars behind the technology. [...] As AI promises to transcend corporeal fallibility, these standoffs reveal its very physical constraints -- and Wall Street's miscalculation of what some people value most. In the rolling hills of Mason county and farmland across America, that gap is measured not in dollars but in something harder to price: identity.
Texas Is About To Overtake California In Battery StoragePosted by BeauHD on Tuesday February 24, 2026 @02:00AM from the what-to-expect dept.U.S. battery storage installations hit a record 57.6 GWh in 2025, and Texas is now poised to surpass California as the nationâ(TM)s largest storage market in 2026. Electrek reports:CitarAccording to the US Energy Storage Market Outlook Q1 2026 from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, installations are now four times higher than totals from just three years ago. The US had a total of 137 GWh of utility-scale storage installed as of 2025, plus 19 GWh of commercial and industrial systems and 9 GWh of residential storage. Analysts expect the growth streak to continue. More than 600 GWh of energy storage is projected to be deployed nationwide by 2030, even as the Trump administration targets clean energy industries.Two-thirds of utility-scale storage installed in 2025 was built in red states, including nine of the top 15 states for new installations. Texas is projected to surpass California as the countryâ(TM)s largest battery storage market in 2026. Standalone battery projects accounted for nearly 30 GWh of new capacity in 2025, while solar-plus-storage installations made up about 20 GWh. Residential storage deployments reached 3.1 GWh last year, a 51% increase year-over-year. Analysts say virtual power plant programs in states such as Massachusetts, Texas, Arizona, and Illinois are helping drive adoption by reducing costs and easing strain during peak demand periods.The supply chain is shifting to support the boom. In 2025, some battery cell manufacturers pivoted production from EV batteries to dedicated stationary storage cells, converting existing lines and adjusting future plans. Lithium-ion cell manufacturing for stationary storage reached more than 21 GWh in 2025, enough to power Houston overnight, according to SEIAâ(TM)s Solar and Storage Supply Chain Dashboard. Meanwhile, US factories now have the capacity to manufacture 69.4 GWh of battery energy storage systems annually.
According to the US Energy Storage Market Outlook Q1 2026 from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, installations are now four times higher than totals from just three years ago. The US had a total of 137 GWh of utility-scale storage installed as of 2025, plus 19 GWh of commercial and industrial systems and 9 GWh of residential storage. Analysts expect the growth streak to continue. More than 600 GWh of energy storage is projected to be deployed nationwide by 2030, even as the Trump administration targets clean energy industries.Two-thirds of utility-scale storage installed in 2025 was built in red states, including nine of the top 15 states for new installations. Texas is projected to surpass California as the countryâ(TM)s largest battery storage market in 2026. Standalone battery projects accounted for nearly 30 GWh of new capacity in 2025, while solar-plus-storage installations made up about 20 GWh. Residential storage deployments reached 3.1 GWh last year, a 51% increase year-over-year. Analysts say virtual power plant programs in states such as Massachusetts, Texas, Arizona, and Illinois are helping drive adoption by reducing costs and easing strain during peak demand periods.The supply chain is shifting to support the boom. In 2025, some battery cell manufacturers pivoted production from EV batteries to dedicated stationary storage cells, converting existing lines and adjusting future plans. Lithium-ion cell manufacturing for stationary storage reached more than 21 GWh in 2025, enough to power Houston overnight, according to SEIAâ(TM)s Solar and Storage Supply Chain Dashboard. Meanwhile, US factories now have the capacity to manufacture 69.4 GWh of battery energy storage systems annually.