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Market · May 17, 2026, 10:31 PM · 1 source

Oil extends gains as Trump signals urgency on Iran nuclear deal

Crude prices climbed further on geopolitical risk premium from the deteriorating Iran situation and hardline rhetoric from the U.S. The sustained oil rally is adding cost headwinds to data center and enterprise power budgets amid AI infrastructure deployment scaling.

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  1. 01 Primary source bloomberg.com