LME stocks: copper 233,850 t (+350 t); aluminium 246,225 t (-500 t); zinc 100,525 t (+1,400 t); nickel 268,848 t (+312 t); lead 399,600 t (-5,075 t); tin 5,500 t (-25 t).

PwC projects global data center spending of $31.6 trillion by 2050 to meet rising AI demand, and says a faster adoption path could lift 25‑year investment to about $50 trillion versus its core scenario. PwC noted that scale would exceed historical infrastructure waves and rival current US GDP (~$30 trillion). Cloud giants including Microsoft and Amazon, alongside smaller operators, are rapidly building compute capacity. Local opposition poses a risk to expansion: Data Center Watch reports at least 75 projects were halted or delayed in Q1, representing roughly $130 billion of planned investment.

President Trump said he is not, contrary to ABC's fake-news report, trying to force Iran back to the negotiating table. He said he does not care whether Iran signs a deal that would be worthless to them and that he prefers the current situation: we almost completely control the Strait of Hormuz and their economy has completely collapsed; Iran is merely reaching an inevitable end.