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Brent crude fell more than 16 per cent to $98.32 in the week to 6 November as traders bet on a US–Iran agreement, even as tanker attacks in Hormuz continued at near-record pace. For AI operators the energy shock matters most through gas-linked electricity prices in Europe and Asia and through the cash Gulf states have left to invest.
The Nasdaq fell 5.5% on 5 November, its steepest drop since April 2025, with Nvidia and Qualcomm each down more than 9%. Investors fear AI infrastructure spending will slow after US voters rejected local data-centre projects in all but one of 41 ballot measures.
As Qatari-mediated talks continued, Iran's leadership reiterated that regional seabed cables, data centres and AI facilities would be struck if its civilian infrastructure is attacked again. The warning lands on a region that has already seen drone strikes on AWS facilities and that is planning more than $300 billion of AI investment.
