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The accelerating growth of the “Ai”, among other data growth and management programs, demands data centers, many and large. The infrastructure systems required by these new centers, being constructed rapidly across the globe, include cooling, connectivity and other needs peculiar to data hardware, implying massive needs for copper and silver. Each new data center can take 1-3,000 tons of copper for construction. Chile (23%) is the largest producer of raw copper, followed by Peru (10%), the Democratic Republic of Congo (8%) and China (8%). Silver is led by Mexico (200 million ounces per year), followed by China and Peru. The U.S. produces 6% of the world’s copper and 4% of the silver.

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The Goldman Sachs Commodity Index is intended to represent a broad spectrum of globally traded commodities, including a heavy representation of energy, i.e. Crude oil (both West Texas Intermediate and Brent-North Sea futures contracts), Gasoline, Diesel and Natural Gas, accounting for over half of the index computation and price movement. Derivatives of the GSCI are often used as a commodity counter-weight to equity and bond components of balanced asset management portfolios or a benchmark for commodity investment performance.

Useful Links

U.S. Export Sales – https://apps.fas.usda.gov/export-sales/esrd1.html
USDA FAS: Weekly Export Performance Indicator – https://apps.fas.usda.gov/esrquery/esrpi.aspx
EIA: Weekly ethanol Plant Production – https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_pnp_wprode_s1_w.htm
EIA: Weekly Supply Estimates – https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_sum_sndw_a_EPOOXE_sae_mbbl_w.htm
U.S. Crop Progress – http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/MannUsda/viewDocumentInfo.do?documentID=1048
USDA AMS: Market News – https://www.ams.usda.gov/market-news/search-market-news