Energy IPOs hit fastest pace since dot-com era on AI data center demand
Energy company IPOs raised $12.6B in the first half of 2026, the highest half-year total on record and the fastest pace since the dot-com peak in late 1999, dwarfing 2025's full-year total of $4.3B.
Investors are hunting for ways to bet on power-hungry AI data centers, where access to electricity has become a critical bottleneck. This funding surge signals confidence that power constraints will drive decades of infrastructure spending.
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