Out of sight of the Dutch media, Trump and Xi are deciding who will control two-thirds of Rotterdam's container terminals. Will an American-European consortium gain control, or a Chinese state-owned company?
The Netherlands is not a country of merchants, but of engineers. We don't earn our money by trading cleverly, but by making things. From chip machines to Mars bars: the whole world wants them....
In the wake of ASML, the chip industry has become the Netherlands' most important industry. With the rise of artificial intelligence, the Netherlands seems to be sitting on a gold mine. But reports of an "AI bubble" are also becoming increasingly serious. How vulnerable is the Netherlands?
Is artificial intelligence (AI) a bubble? And if so, is that bubble about to burst? As a builder of AI data centers, the Dutch company Nebius is at the forefront of this discussion....
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For years, coal and gas power plants were in the doghouse. Coal plants were supposed to close in 2030, gas plants in 2035. But who's gonna provide power when there's no wind? In recent months, the tide has suddenly turned....