Nassos Stylianou
@nassosstylianou.bsky.social
Visual stories reporter at the Financial Times | Previously at Global Energy Monitor and before that senior data journalist at BBC News
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Big Tech is spending billions on US data centres to fuel the AI race. But these grand plans face a problem: access to power. Estimates show the industry could be 40% short of the power it needs by 2028. Will this be the stumbling block that bursts the AI bubble?
An #FTEdit 🧵on AI’s power problem 👇
An #FTEdit 🧵on AI’s power problem 👇
December 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Big Tech is spending billions on US data centres to fuel the AI race. But these grand plans face a problem: access to power. Estimates show the industry could be 40% short of the power it needs by 2028. Will this be the stumbling block that bursts the AI bubble?
An #FTEdit 🧵on AI’s power problem 👇
An #FTEdit 🧵on AI’s power problem 👇
NEW: The power crunch threatening America’s AI ambitions
Big tech is spending hundreds of billions on data centres in the US to fuel the development of artificial intelligence. Our latest visual story explores the main challenge that these grand plans face: access to power.
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Big tech is spending hundreds of billions on data centres in the US to fuel the development of artificial intelligence. Our latest visual story explores the main challenge that these grand plans face: access to power.
ig.ft.com/ai-power/
December 8, 2025 at 10:56 AM
NEW: The power crunch threatening America’s AI ambitions
Big tech is spending hundreds of billions on data centres in the US to fuel the development of artificial intelligence. Our latest visual story explores the main challenge that these grand plans face: access to power.
ig.ft.com/ai-power/
Big tech is spending hundreds of billions on data centres in the US to fuel the development of artificial intelligence. Our latest visual story explores the main challenge that these grand plans face: access to power.
ig.ft.com/ai-power/
NEW: How mega batteries are unlocking an energy revolution
Massive shipping containers packed with powerful batteries are shoring up grids & extending the use of clean power
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Latest visual story w/ @samlearner.bsky.social @inari-ta.bsky.social @samjoiner.bsky.social
Massive shipping containers packed with powerful batteries are shoring up grids & extending the use of clean power
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Latest visual story w/ @samlearner.bsky.social @inari-ta.bsky.social @samjoiner.bsky.social
How mega batteries are unlocking an energy revolution
Vast battery units are shoring up grids and extending the use of clean power
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October 13, 2025 at 11:47 AM
NEW: How mega batteries are unlocking an energy revolution
Massive shipping containers packed with powerful batteries are shoring up grids & extending the use of clean power
ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...
Latest visual story w/ @samlearner.bsky.social @inari-ta.bsky.social @samjoiner.bsky.social
Massive shipping containers packed with powerful batteries are shoring up grids & extending the use of clean power
ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...
Latest visual story w/ @samlearner.bsky.social @inari-ta.bsky.social @samjoiner.bsky.social
Our new game puts readers in charge of a fictional Premier League club, tasked with balancing the books & delivering on the pitch
We’ve looked at how people have been getting on and guess what? Perhaps running a PL club is harder than it looks
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Check out the game if you haven’t👇
We’ve looked at how people have been getting on and guess what? Perhaps running a PL club is harder than it looks
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Check out the game if you haven’t👇
August 31, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Our new game puts readers in charge of a fictional Premier League club, tasked with balancing the books & delivering on the pitch
We’ve looked at how people have been getting on and guess what? Perhaps running a PL club is harder than it looks
on.ft.com/3HM8iur
Check out the game if you haven’t👇
We’ve looked at how people have been getting on and guess what? Perhaps running a PL club is harder than it looks
on.ft.com/3HM8iur
Check out the game if you haven’t👇
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ICE plans to 6x its current budget for immigrant transportation and deportations. The money offers a potential windfall for a few contractors and charter airlines — some with close ties to the Trump campaign. Yet the system is already under strain, with significant concerns for detainees' safety: 🧵
The booming business of Trump’s deportation flights
Companies are jostling for billions of dollars to fly immigrant detainees out of the US
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August 28, 2025 at 8:35 AM
ICE plans to 6x its current budget for immigrant transportation and deportations. The money offers a potential windfall for a few contractors and charter airlines — some with close ties to the Trump campaign. Yet the system is already under strain, with significant concerns for detainees' safety: 🧵
We've built a football game and it's free to play!
Can you run a Premier League club? Step into the boardroom, navigate financial regulations and guide your team to glory in our new game.
👉 ft.com/football-game ⚽️💸
Can you run a Premier League club? Step into the boardroom, navigate financial regulations and guide your team to glory in our new game.
👉 ft.com/football-game ⚽️💸
Can you run a Premier League football club?
Step into the boardroom, navigate profit and sustainability rules and guide your club to glory
ft.com
August 23, 2025 at 7:58 AM
We've built a football game and it's free to play!
Can you run a Premier League club? Step into the boardroom, navigate financial regulations and guide your team to glory in our new game.
👉 ft.com/football-game ⚽️💸
Can you run a Premier League club? Step into the boardroom, navigate financial regulations and guide your team to glory in our new game.
👉 ft.com/football-game ⚽️💸
The second piece in our AI series explores how the growing energy demand for training and running artificial intelligence models is driving increased investment in fossil fuels - and how accounting techniques distract from the surge in tech company data centre emissions
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August 7, 2025 at 8:22 AM
The second piece in our AI series explores how the growing energy demand for training and running artificial intelligence models is driving increased investment in fossil fuels - and how accounting techniques distract from the surge in tech company data centre emissions
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on.ft.com/4lkAjXN
New visual story: Inside the relentless race for AI capacity
The quest for superintelligence is spurring a data centre boom — but critics question the cost, environmental impact and whether it is all needed
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The quest for superintelligence is spurring a data centre boom — but critics question the cost, environmental impact and whether it is all needed
ig.ft.com/ai-data-cent...
July 31, 2025 at 11:50 AM
New visual story: Inside the relentless race for AI capacity
The quest for superintelligence is spurring a data centre boom — but critics question the cost, environmental impact and whether it is all needed
ig.ft.com/ai-data-cent...
The quest for superintelligence is spurring a data centre boom — but critics question the cost, environmental impact and whether it is all needed
ig.ft.com/ai-data-cent...
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NEW VISUAL INVESTIGATION: Inside America’s booming immigration detention industry
Our analysis has identified a number of facilities housing hundreds more people than they are designed to hold. Lawyers and detainees told the FT people have been sleeping on the floor.
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Our analysis has identified a number of facilities housing hundreds more people than they are designed to hold. Lawyers and detainees told the FT people have been sleeping on the floor.
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July 18, 2025 at 8:06 AM
NEW VISUAL INVESTIGATION: Inside America’s booming immigration detention industry
Our analysis has identified a number of facilities housing hundreds more people than they are designed to hold. Lawyers and detainees told the FT people have been sleeping on the floor.
👉 ig.ft.com/us-immigrati...
Our analysis has identified a number of facilities housing hundreds more people than they are designed to hold. Lawyers and detainees told the FT people have been sleeping on the floor.
👉 ig.ft.com/us-immigrati...
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NEW: Even before Donald Trump began his mass deportation plans, the US had the world's largest immigration detention system - 85% run privately.
Record numbers are now being held and detainees, lawyers and relatives have spoken of poor conditions.
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Record numbers are now being held and detainees, lawyers and relatives have spoken of poor conditions.
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Inside America’s booming immigration detention industry
The enormous US deportation programme is enriching companies as detainees complain of poor treatment
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July 16, 2025 at 8:56 AM
NEW: Even before Donald Trump began his mass deportation plans, the US had the world's largest immigration detention system - 85% run privately.
Record numbers are now being held and detainees, lawyers and relatives have spoken of poor conditions.
🔗 ig.ft.com/us-immigrati...
Record numbers are now being held and detainees, lawyers and relatives have spoken of poor conditions.
🔗 ig.ft.com/us-immigrati...
New visual investigation: Inside America's booming immigration detention industry where record levels of incarceration are leading to deteriorating conditions, legal representatives & detainees say.
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July 16, 2025 at 8:48 AM
New visual investigation: Inside America's booming immigration detention industry where record levels of incarceration are leading to deteriorating conditions, legal representatives & detainees say.
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China is on its way to becoming the world’s first major 'electrostate', with a growing share of its energy coming from electricity and an economy increasingly driven by clean technologies 📈🌏🧵
w/ @janatausch.bsky.social and Ed White
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w/ @janatausch.bsky.social and Ed White
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How Xi sparked China’s electricity revolution
[FREE TO READ] Beijing’s aggressive pursuit of energy self-sufficiency could give it the upper hand in the trade war with the US
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May 12, 2025 at 10:13 AM
China is on its way to becoming the world’s first major 'electrostate', with a growing share of its energy coming from electricity and an economy increasingly driven by clean technologies 📈🌏🧵
w/ @janatausch.bsky.social and Ed White
on.ft.com/3EWY5Kd
w/ @janatausch.bsky.social and Ed White
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NEW from the team: another look at the supply chain behind the iPhone and why it would be impractical to manufacture in the US: ig.ft.com/us-iphone/
April 28, 2025 at 4:20 AM
NEW from the team: another look at the supply chain behind the iPhone and why it would be impractical to manufacture in the US: ig.ft.com/us-iphone/
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Focus, for a moment, on all of the goods that remain hit by Trump's massive new tariff barrage.
Excellent explainer and data viz from @nassosstylianou.bsky.social et al
Excellent explainer and data viz from @nassosstylianou.bsky.social et al
April 13, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Focus, for a moment, on all of the goods that remain hit by Trump's massive new tariff barrage.
Excellent explainer and data viz from @nassosstylianou.bsky.social et al
Excellent explainer and data viz from @nassosstylianou.bsky.social et al
Updated: While Trump has now excluded smartphones and laptops, the two highest-value imports from China, from his “reciprocal” tariffs, 46 of the 50 items the US most relies on China for are still subject to the levies.
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April 13, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Updated: While Trump has now excluded smartphones and laptops, the two highest-value imports from China, from his “reciprocal” tariffs, 46 of the 50 items the US most relies on China for are still subject to the levies.
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NEW: More than 75% of smartphones, video game consoles, microwave ovens and toys shipped to the US in 2024 were produced in China
We looked at the products Americans rely most on China for and spoke to experts about the possible impact of Trump's tariffs on US consumers
www.ft.com/content/ec96...
We looked at the products Americans rely most on China for and spoke to experts about the possible impact of Trump's tariffs on US consumers
www.ft.com/content/ec96...
April 12, 2025 at 9:50 AM
NEW: More than 75% of smartphones, video game consoles, microwave ovens and toys shipped to the US in 2024 were produced in China
We looked at the products Americans rely most on China for and spoke to experts about the possible impact of Trump's tariffs on US consumers
www.ft.com/content/ec96...
We looked at the products Americans rely most on China for and spoke to experts about the possible impact of Trump's tariffs on US consumers
www.ft.com/content/ec96...
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New: More than 3/4 of the mobile phones, games consoles, food processors, electric fans and toys shipped to the US last year were made in China.
The products are among more than 50 items with an import value above $1bn subject to Trump’s 125% tariffs.
Free-to-read link: on.ft.com/3Ei8ujf
The products are among more than 50 items with an import value above $1bn subject to Trump’s 125% tariffs.
Free-to-read link: on.ft.com/3Ei8ujf
April 12, 2025 at 7:18 AM
New: More than 3/4 of the mobile phones, games consoles, food processors, electric fans and toys shipped to the US last year were made in China.
The products are among more than 50 items with an import value above $1bn subject to Trump’s 125% tariffs.
Free-to-read link: on.ft.com/3Ei8ujf
The products are among more than 50 items with an import value above $1bn subject to Trump’s 125% tariffs.
Free-to-read link: on.ft.com/3Ei8ujf
NEW: Trump hopes that his tariffs will erode China’s surplus and allow US factories to compete. But the Chinese trade juggernaut is built on deep competitive advantages built up over decades and will not be easily dislodged
Our visual deep dive into China's trade dominance ig.ft.com/china-trade-...
Our visual deep dive into China's trade dominance ig.ft.com/china-trade-...
How China’s record trade surplus helped spark Trump’s tariff war
Beijing’s domination of global trade has led to a schism between the world’s two largest economies — and left many others worried about their industries being crushed by China’s export machine
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April 9, 2025 at 8:40 AM
NEW: Trump hopes that his tariffs will erode China’s surplus and allow US factories to compete. But the Chinese trade juggernaut is built on deep competitive advantages built up over decades and will not be easily dislodged
Our visual deep dive into China's trade dominance ig.ft.com/china-trade-...
Our visual deep dive into China's trade dominance ig.ft.com/china-trade-...
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New: Three decades after China liberalised its property market and ushered in a historic era of urbanisation, the state is back in force. Our latest visual investigation uses residential land sales to show that state-owned developers are propping up China’s housing sector.
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How the state is propping up China’s housing market
As the government struggles to ease a real estate crisis, state-owned developers have been buying up land
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February 25, 2025 at 8:58 AM
New: Three decades after China liberalised its property market and ushered in a historic era of urbanisation, the state is back in force. Our latest visual investigation uses residential land sales to show that state-owned developers are propping up China’s housing sector.
ig.ft.com/china-proper...
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New: Can Trump make bitcoin useful?
In our latest visual story, we assess the US president’s plans for a national stockpile...
W/ @nassosstylianou.bsky.social @nikasgari.bsky.social Dan Clark @inari-ta.bsky.social ky.social @ian-bott.bsky.social @raydouglas.bsky.social
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In our latest visual story, we assess the US president’s plans for a national stockpile...
W/ @nassosstylianou.bsky.social @nikasgari.bsky.social Dan Clark @inari-ta.bsky.social ky.social @ian-bott.bsky.social @raydouglas.bsky.social
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Can Trump make bitcoin useful?
The US president is embracing the cryptocurrency, exciting enthusiasts and concerning sceptics
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February 12, 2025 at 12:46 PM
New: Can Trump make bitcoin useful?
In our latest visual story, we assess the US president’s plans for a national stockpile...
W/ @nassosstylianou.bsky.social @nikasgari.bsky.social Dan Clark @inari-ta.bsky.social ky.social @ian-bott.bsky.social @raydouglas.bsky.social
ig.ft.com/trump-bitcoi...
In our latest visual story, we assess the US president’s plans for a national stockpile...
W/ @nassosstylianou.bsky.social @nikasgari.bsky.social Dan Clark @inari-ta.bsky.social ky.social @ian-bott.bsky.social @raydouglas.bsky.social
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NEW: Can Trump make bitcoin useful?
President Trump's embrace of crypto has helped supercharge bitcoin's price to eye-watering six-figure highs. Investors are excited by the prospect of a national bitcoin stockpile, but how such a reserve would work is unclear.
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President Trump's embrace of crypto has helped supercharge bitcoin's price to eye-watering six-figure highs. Investors are excited by the prospect of a national bitcoin stockpile, but how such a reserve would work is unclear.
ig.ft.com/trump-bitcoi...
February 12, 2025 at 10:22 AM
NEW: Can Trump make bitcoin useful?
President Trump's embrace of crypto has helped supercharge bitcoin's price to eye-watering six-figure highs. Investors are excited by the prospect of a national bitcoin stockpile, but how such a reserve would work is unclear.
ig.ft.com/trump-bitcoi...
President Trump's embrace of crypto has helped supercharge bitcoin's price to eye-watering six-figure highs. Investors are excited by the prospect of a national bitcoin stockpile, but how such a reserve would work is unclear.
ig.ft.com/trump-bitcoi...
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The FT Visual Stories team's piece on the barriers to electric vehicle use is in @gijn.org's round up of this week's best data stories.
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Here, @data.ft.com presents the imaginary town of Greenwell — where everything has been designed to make EV use easier — to show how this ideal vision is a far cry from the experience of current electric vehicle owners & what changes are needed.
https://twp.ai/1SLkCs
https://twp.ai/1SLkCs
January 31, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The FT Visual Stories team's piece on the barriers to electric vehicle use is in @gijn.org's round up of this week's best data stories.
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NEW: Petrol cars are on the way out. Are you ready to go electric? By 2030 the UK government wants 80% of new cars to be EVs. In our latest visual story, we built the perfect EV town and set out the changes needed to accelerate the transition ig.ft.com/uk-electric-...
January 23, 2025 at 10:02 AM
NEW: Petrol cars are on the way out. Are you ready to go electric? By 2030 the UK government wants 80% of new cars to be EVs. In our latest visual story, we built the perfect EV town and set out the changes needed to accelerate the transition ig.ft.com/uk-electric-...
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I filled in for @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social this week with a Data Points column on why fears that deepfakes would cause election chaos this year turned out to be - mostly - overblown
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How we were deepfaked by election deepfakes
[FREE TO READ] The panic over AGI disinformation in this year’s political cycle seems to have been overblown
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December 27, 2024 at 2:33 PM
I filled in for @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social this week with a Data Points column on why fears that deepfakes would cause election chaos this year turned out to be - mostly - overblown
on.ft.com/4gy9i1c
on.ft.com/4gy9i1c
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NEW: A visual exploration of the closer trade ties that are poised to thrust Mexico into the centre of Trump’s trade war with China 🇲🇽 🤝 🇨🇳
👉 ig.ft.com/china-mexico...
By @nassosstylianou.bsky.social @inari-ta.bsky.social Christine Murrey and Dan Clark
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By @nassosstylianou.bsky.social @inari-ta.bsky.social Christine Murrey and Dan Clark
How China is setting up shop in Mexico
An increasingly close trade relationship is causing concern in Washington
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December 16, 2024 at 11:01 AM
NEW: A visual exploration of the closer trade ties that are poised to thrust Mexico into the centre of Trump’s trade war with China 🇲🇽 🤝 🇨🇳
👉 ig.ft.com/china-mexico...
By @nassosstylianou.bsky.social @inari-ta.bsky.social Christine Murrey and Dan Clark
👉 ig.ft.com/china-mexico...
By @nassosstylianou.bsky.social @inari-ta.bsky.social Christine Murrey and Dan Clark