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Polls have found that Americans think data centers inflate home energy costs and are bad for the environment.

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026

But techno-skeptics have argued that warnings of doom are designed to inflate valuations and hype the technology.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

The employee allegedly colluded with a supplier to inflate prices, with the two sharing the excess money after the company paid the invoices.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

Mandates can encourage deployment, but they can also inflate electricity prices, due to supply-and-demand imbalance, and stimulate imports.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

It would inflate the balloon with a huge burst of power, smoothing out the lumpiness of the universe in the same way a breath of air smooths out the wrinkles of a balloon.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

"It inflates the entire sector - it inflates the Premier League, the Bundesliga, the French League, and eventually us as well."

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Buying SPX puts as general portfolio protection inflates the VIX, while buying individual equity puts keeps the equity-only put-call ratios high.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026

The currency’s slide inflates the top-line export figure, which is calculated in yen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

"Dominance of a few tech corporations in public infrastructure limits... our flexibility, threatens our security and inflates our software costs," Schroedter told AFP.

From Barron's ● Feb. 5, 2026

Over billions of years, that stretch adds up, and the universe inflates faster and faster.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

Worse, unsubsidized buyers pay the full artificially inflated price, which distorts marketplace price signals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

Some investors have expressed concerns that the AI rally has inflated some shares too much.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

Critics have compared the deals to the dot-com era, when companies inflated their growth by investing in startups that then bought their products.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

Confidence among U.S. home builders has slumped to its lowest level in 14 years from a mix of high mortgage rates, inflated costs and worsening labor conditions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

“The bulge looked huge, inflated like a balloon,” remembered Mindy Brugman, who came to Coldwater II with another scientist, Carolyn Driedger, on Saturday to train David Johnston on the ruby laser ranger.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

An independent commission found City guilty of all charges related to inflating sponsorship revenue by £830m by using sham contracts, as well as hiding other expenses worth an additional £90m.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

The company has said it stands by its ratings — two former employees are suing it as they said they were pressured into inflating ratings to attract business.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

To them, chip makers and data-center suppliers are inflating results across all sectors, while raising fresh concerns about spending and free cash flow.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

Like other installers, Mendoza's wish list also includes an end to VAT taxes that are inflating costs for a public he says no longer needs convincing.

From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026

Sometimes, from behind Nicholas, she would catch Obinze’s eye and make a funny face, inflating her cheeks into small balloons, or pushing her tongue out of the corner of her mouth.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie