VPU Is Up 7% While the S&P 500 Falls, and the Data Center Story Makes It More Compelling [Yahoo! Finance]
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12.15%, Southern Company (SO) at 6.3%, and Duke Energy (DUK) at 6.3%, which are signing long-term power purchase agreements with hyperscalers for AI data center loads projected to exceed 600 TWh annually by 2030. AI data centers have created a structural growth tailwind for utilities beyond their traditional defensive role, but VPU has still underperformed the S&P 500 by 59 percentage points over the past decade, making it better suited as a 5% to 15% portfolio stabilizer than a core growth position. A recent study identified one single habit that doubled Americans' retirement savings and moved retirement from dream, to reality. Read more here The S&P 500 is down 7% year-to-date. VPU is up 7% over the same stretch. That divergence is exactly what utilities are supposed to do. Feifei Cui-Paoluzzo / Moment via Getty Images · Feifei Cui-Paoluzzo / Moment via Getty Images Tall metal power transmission towers carry electricity across a desert landscape, representing the essenti
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- 2/19/26 - Miss
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Sec Filings
- 4/3/26 - Form ARS
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- 4/3/26 - Form DEFA14A
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