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Battery Super-Cycle

U.S. storage demand up +126% YTD...

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Nov 06, 2025
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Battery stocks are up ~90% since CATL’s Hong Kong IPO — outperforming NVDA, TSMC, and the broader AI-chip trade.

With U.S. storage demand up 126% and AI compute growing 4× per year, the real bottleneck isn’t silicon anymore — it’s electricity.

This report breaks down why batteries may be the next major AI trade.

Rohan Paul on X: "The energy storage boom is just about starting - fully in  sync with AI's penetration. Goldman Sachs expects S&P 500 companies to  spend $4.4 trillion on AI next

Source: Rohan Paul

Key Report Insights:

  1. Battery stocks have already outperformed AI by 30pts YTD

  2. ESS demand up 126% — storage is now the fastest-scaling energy sector

  3. AI compute outpaces efficiency 4× — electricity becomes the limit

  4. China controls 67%+ of lithium refining — supply chain priced in

We just added a battery stock to our portfolio — the portfolio is currently +45% vs BTC

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