{"id":194908,"date":"2025-06-18T17:02:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T17:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/194908\/"},"modified":"2025-06-18T17:02:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T17:02:12","slug":"kevin-oleary-says-the-last-48-hours-at-the-g7-summit-prove-these-two-things-are-what-matters-most-to-every-aspect-of-the-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/194908\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin O&#8217;Leary Says &#8216;The Last 48 Hours&#8217; At The G7 Summit Prove These Two Things Are What &#8216;Matters Most To Every Aspect Of The Economy&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"block core-block\">Investor and Shark Tank star <strong>Kevin O&#8217;Leary<\/strong> says that every major deal emerging from the Group of Seven summit circles back to two assets \u2014 artificial intelligence and data centers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\"><strong>What Happened:<\/strong> Speaking on Fox Business&#8217;s &#8220;Varney &amp; Co.,&#8221; O\u2019Leary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/video\/6374464278112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> the past 48 hours of meetings showed that &#8220;the country that has the energy, has the AI, has the economy, has the productivity and eventually is superior in warfare.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">\u201cThis is all going to go to drones and robotics one day and the country with the best AI,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">O&#8217;Leary&#8217;s comments landed just after President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> and Canadian Prime Minister <strong>Mark Carney<\/strong> launched a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/news\/politics\/25\/06\/45992119\/trump-cuts-g7-visit-short-calls-canada-deal-achievable\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">30-day sprint<\/a> for a new trade pact. According to a Bloomberg <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-06-16\/trump-says-trade-deal-with-canada-achievable-as-g-7-opens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a>, Carney said the framework must knit together tariff relief and joint investments in transmission lines that can power next-generation server farms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">G7 leaders had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/news\/politics\/25\/06\/45992306\/g7-targets-supply-chain-security-with-critical-minerals-plan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">already signed statements<\/a> on critical minerals and artificial-intelligence &#8220;for prosperity,&#8221; pledging to coordinate policies that guarantee low-carbon electricity for data-center clusters across member economies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\"><strong>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/news\/legal\/25\/06\/45991641\/7-indicted-after-100-million-worth-of-gems-gold-vanish-in-largest-jewelry-heist-in-us-history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">7 Indicted After $100 Million Worth Of Gems, Gold Vanish In Largest Jewelry Heist In US History<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\"><strong>Why It Matters:<\/strong> O&#8217;Leary recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/1448594236146133\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">warned<\/a> investors not to conflate AI enthusiasm with real capacity. &#8220;You can&#8217;t just pull that from the local grid without sending <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/news\/politics\/25\/06\/45877943\/ai-data-centers-drive-gas-power-boom-in-texas-raising-pollution-risk-equal-to-27-million-cars-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">electricity bills soaring<\/a>. Cities won&#8217;t allow it, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/tech\/25\/04\/45100013\/elon-musks-xai-supercomputer-powering-grok-faces-human-rights-violation-allegations-in-memphis-over-pollution-from-unauthorized-gas-turbines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">communities push back hard<\/a>,&#8221; he said last month, calling power availability the new prime metric for tech valuations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">\u201cWe can&#8217;t power the next generation of AI with optimism and solar panels alone,\u201d he added. Analysts at AInvest now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ainvest.com\/news\/g7-2025-preview-leadership-shifts-trade-tensions-investor-stakes-summit-convenes-canada-2506\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">note<\/a> that four of seven G7 members face double-digit electricity-price inflation, raising questions about how fast promised data centers can be delivered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">Emphasizing the primary importance of energy security, O&#8217;Leary says: &#8220;It all boils down to what matters most in every aspect of the economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">Image via Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\"><strong>Read next: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/tech\/25\/06\/45992099\/nvidia-stock-could-rise-another-38-making-jensen-huang-led-ai-giant-a-nearly-5-trillion-company-says-barclays\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nvidia Stock Could Rise Another 38%, Making Jensen Huang-Led AI Giant A Nearly $5 Trillion Company, Says Barclays<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Investor and Shark Tank star Kevin O&#8217;Leary says that every major deal emerging from the Group of Seven&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":194909,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3090],"tags":[51,79388,24813,3826,1700,3825,79389,79390,79391,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-194908","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-category-global","10":"tag-category-news","11":"tag-cms-wordpress","12":"tag-economy","13":"tag-pageisbzpro-bz","14":"tag-tag-artificial-intelligence","15":"tag-tag-g7-summit","16":"tag-tag-kevin-oleary","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114705448649045695","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}