S&P Global said US business growth in August hit a 52-month high, led by a surge in services activity and rising optimism. Price pressures eased.

Surging power demand from oil and gas producers in West Texas, alongside tech firms building data centers in the Permian, is sharply increasing local electricity needs. Diamondback, one of the Permian’s largest oil producers, says its power consumption could double over the next decade even if output stays flat. A Citigroup analyst warned Thursday the region could face blackouts as soon as next summer. Executives from the Texas grid operator and state utility regulators testified this week to the Texas House State Affairs Committee on the need to add transmission lines.

Turkey’s justice minister Akin Gurluk said on social media that Ankara has applied to Interpol for red notices for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Afek Moscovich over the Gaza-bound “Global Freedom Fleet” incident. Arrest warrants issued July 14 cite charges including alleged genocide; the interior ministry has been asked to initiate international arrest procedures. The two also face charges including crimes against humanity, torture, intentional injury, deprivation of liberty, property damage, aggravated robbery and hijacking of a vessel. No further information on Moscovich was released.