The AI boom has propelled the M&A volume in the US power and utilities sector to a record high, with companies raising funds to build energy support facilities for data centers. According to Deloitte, in the first five months of this year, the total M&A volume in the sector reached $203.6 billion, up more than 40% compared to the entire year of last year. Among them, data center-related investment reached $151.5 billion, doubling year-on-year; it is expected that the total data center investment for the entire year of 2025 will reach $321 billion.
