Simon Dixon Hard Talk Episode 114 - Elon Musk & Larry Fink at WEF: AI, China, Space — Who Really Controls the Future? | Simon Dixon Hard Talk LIVE | 23rd January 2026
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Jan 23, 2026 A breakdown of WEF 2026 signals about who really controls global tech and finance. Discussion of an AI-driven scramble for energy and why power supply is becoming the bottleneck. Exploration of a space-based data center idea to escape terrestrial limits. Analysis of transnational capital flows, China’s massive renewable buildout, and how finance reshapes geopolitical influence.
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Sovereign Wealth Joins The FIC
- Gulf sovereign wealth funds co-invest alongside the financial industrial complex to secure influence.
- That transnational capital reconfigures geopolitics and asset ownership beyond national control.
AI Will Consume Vast Energy Mix
- AI and robotics will massively increase electricity demand, pushing energy mix changes.
- Simon says every form of energy will be needed to avoid bottlenecks for compute and industrial expansion.
AI Is A Race For Energy
- The AI race is fundamentally a race for energy, not just chips or algorithms.
- Musk argues China’s massive solar buildout and US tariff politics risk rendering the West energy-starved for compute.