Nicholas Stephenson

Nobody realises what's coming for the data center industry in November. I wrote an essay on the ground war: the fastest polling crash on record, the foreign-money machine behind it, and how developers can win. THE BUILDOUT IS DYING: A pre-mortem for Western AI infrastructure

In collaboration with the @restisents Vibe Check series, @FocaldataHQ polled the British public to see how many were familiar with popular Gen Z / Internet slang. Manosphere, Rizz, and NPC were among the most recognised terms while looksmaxxing had a steep drop-off by age. 🧵/

If you’d like to find out more, then please read my latest @FocaldataHQ blog by clicking the link: 👉 focaldata.com/blog/labelmaxx… / 7

Counter-intuitively, "looksmaxxing" itself shows zero link to social anxiety among 18-34s. It's become more mainstream, so awareness ≠ being deep into the ideology anymore. But niche terms in the same world still do: knowing "blackpill" or "looksmatching" strongly predicts worrying what others think. / 6

NEW: In collaboration with the @restisents Vibe Check series, @FocaldataHQ polled the British public on who they'd most want as PM. Martin Lewis and David Attenborough were heads above the rest whilst nearly every major party leader came near dead last. 🧵/

Read my full blog on the Focaldata website: focaldata.com/blog/pop-cultu… You can listen to this episode of the @restisents Vibe Check series (featuring Focaldata's @JamesKanag) over at: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/can… / 6

Finally, we asked who better understands ordinary life: celebrities or politicians? A plurality (43%) said both were out of touch. Older people and those with Conservative or Labour VI were slightly more likely to say that politicians were more in touch than celebs. / 5

Then there is small matter of whether people actually like the sport In Mexico, 70% say they regularly watch or play. In the US and Canada, it is closer to one in five (22% & 24%), trailing NFL, basketball and ice hockey They are, for the most part, not soccer countries

🧵 NEW @focaldataHQ: the first map of what Brits actually believe about housing - not just what it wants. The headline is Britain want more homes, but won't build them. Why? Only 18% think a shortage is what's causing the crisis.