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Nassos Stylianou

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Visual stories reporter at the Financial Times | Previously at Global Energy Monitor and before that senior data journalist at BBC News www.nassosstylianou.com

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Irene De la Torre Arenas @inari-ta.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NEW: AI agents are rewriting the economics of computing AI agents can plan and execute complex work with limited human oversight. But this autonomy also makes AI costs harder to predict. Our new visual story explains what tokens are, and why agentic AI is driving an explosion in their use.
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Jana Tauschinski @janatausch.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Spent the past two weeks making graphics about sweltering night-time temperatures while struggling to sleep because of those same hot nights... NEW: Tropical nights come to Europe w @attractamooney.bsky.social and @nassosstylianou.bsky.social as.ft.com/r/4929ae6c-e...
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Nassos Stylianou @nassosstylianou.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
NEW: Tropical nights come to Europe One of the most striking features of the Europe's record-breaking summer is the intense night-time heat. Globally, the hottest nights are warming at a faster rate than the hottest days — with increasingly severe consequences. as.ft.com/r/eef6f0c5-6...
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Nassos Stylianou @nassosstylianou.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
NEW: The century-old device choking the world’s AI push Transformers are crucial devices that help power our modern lives. As demand soars, the biggest transformers are in short supply, pushing up costs and risking a bottleneck for the energy transition and the AI boom. as.ft.com/r/6b73ce3e-c...
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The century-old device choking the world’s AI push
Surging data-centre power demands are intensifying pressure on transformer supply chains
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Nassos Stylianou @nassosstylianou.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
🚨 NEW: The World Cup’s heat hazard I got a taste of the dangerous combination of heat and humidity that players and fans in the US could face during the tournament. And our data analysis shows how these conditions are intensifying across North America as.ft.com/r/390709b0-5...
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Alice Hancock @alicemhancock.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Has the war in Iran enabled the shadow fleet as the US eases sanctions? At least 15 Iranian oil tankers have passed through the Strait of Hormuz since Feb 28, earning Iran possibly around $140mn a day. Our interactive deep dive: ig.ft.com/shadow-fleet/ @nassosstylianou.bsky.social & Lucy Rodgers
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How the shadow fleet is capitalising on the chaos of war
The Iran conflict has offered the illicit oil trade a lifeline — while the easing of US sanctions widens a transatlantic rift
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FT Edit @ftedit.ft.com · 08/12/2025
Big Tech is spending billions on US data centres to fuel the AI race. But these grand plans face a problem: access to power. Estimates show the industry could be 40% short of the power it needs by 2028. Will this be the stumbling block that bursts the AI bubble? An #FTEdit 🧵on AI’s power problem 👇
A beige quote graphic with text: “A certain risk is if we don’t have the compute, we will not be able to generate the revenue or make the models at this kind of scale.” — Sam Altman, OpenAI chief executive.
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Nassos Stylianou @nassosstylianou.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
NEW: The power crunch threatening America’s AI ambitions Big tech is spending hundreds of billions on data centres in the US to fuel the development of artificial intelligence. Our latest visual story explores the main challenge that these grand plans face: access to power. ig.ft.com/ai-power/
A US map showing hundreds of operating and significantly larger planned data centres clustered along major power lines, with large concentrations in Virginia, Texas and the Midwest. A grid of coloured power icons illustrates that planned US grid upgrades can supply only about 25GW of the electricity needed for new data centres over the next three years, not enough to cover the 44GW of demand, leaving a large gap. Small charts for nine US grid regions show data centre power demand climbing sharply toward 2030 while spare grid capacity remains flat or grows slowly, with the gap between new demand and spare grid capavity growing in key regions like PJM and Ercot in Texas. A stacked area chart shows US data-centre electricity demand rising from around 200TWh in 2025 steeply to more than 600TWh in 2035, with natural gas making up the largest share of expected generation
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Nassos Stylianou @nassosstylianou.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
NEW: How mega batteries are unlocking an energy revolution Massive shipping containers packed with powerful batteries are shoring up grids & extending the use of clean power ig.ft.com/mega-batteri... Latest visual story w/ @samlearner.bsky.social @inari-ta.bsky.social @samjoiner.bsky.social
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How mega batteries are unlocking an energy revolution
Vast battery units are shoring up grids and extending the use of clean power
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Nassos Stylianou @nassosstylianou.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Our new game puts readers in charge of a fictional Premier League club, tasked with balancing the books & delivering on the pitch We’ve looked at how people have been getting on and guess what? Perhaps running a PL club is harder than it looks on.ft.com/3HM8iur Check out the game if you haven’t👇
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How FT readers are faring in the Football Game
Half of players breach Premier League spending limits, reflecting the difficulty of balancing the books and delivering on the pitch
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Peter Andringa @peter.andringa.me · 28/08/2025
ICE plans to 6x its current budget for immigrant transportation and deportations. The money offers a potential windfall for a few contractors and charter airlines — some with close ties to the Trump campaign. Yet the system is already under strain, with significant concerns for detainees' safety: 🧵
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The booming business of Trump’s deportation flights
Companies are jostling for billions of dollars to fly immigrant detainees out of the US
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Nassos Stylianou @nassosstylianou.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
We've built a football game and it's free to play! Can you run a Premier League club? Step into the boardroom, navigate financial regulations and guide your team to glory in our new game. 👉 ft.com/football-game ⚽️💸
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Can you run a Premier League football club?
Step into the boardroom, navigate profit and sustainability rules and guide your club to glory
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Nassos Stylianou @nassosstylianou.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
The second piece in our AI series explores how the growing energy demand for training and running artificial intelligence models is driving increased investment in fossil fuels - and how accounting techniques distract from the surge in tech company data centre emissions on.ft.com/4lkAjXN
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Nassos Stylianou @nassosstylianou.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
New visual story: Inside the relentless race for AI capacity The quest for superintelligence is spurring a data centre boom — but critics question the cost, environmental impact and whether it is all needed ig.ft.com/ai-data-cent...
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Irene De la Torre Arenas @inari-ta.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
NEW VISUAL INVESTIGATION: Inside America’s booming immigration detention industry Our analysis has identified a number of facilities housing hundreds more people than they are designed to hold. Lawyers and detainees told the FT people have been sleeping on the floor. 👉 ig.ft.com/us-immigrati...
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Lucy Rodgers @upyorkshire.ft.com · 16/07/2025
NEW: Even before Donald Trump began his mass deportation plans, the US had the world's largest immigration detention system - 85% run privately. Record numbers are now being held and detainees, lawyers and relatives have spoken of poor conditions. 🔗 ig.ft.com/us-immigrati...
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Inside America’s booming immigration detention industry
The enormous US deportation programme is enriching companies as detainees complain of poor treatment
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Nassos Stylianou @nassosstylianou.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
New visual investigation: Inside America's booming immigration detention industry where record levels of incarceration are leading to deteriorating conditions, legal representatives & detainees say. ⁦ ig.ft.com/us-immigrati...
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Nassos Stylianou @nassosstylianou.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
China is on its way to becoming the world’s first major 'electrostate', with a growing share of its energy coming from electricity and an economy increasingly driven by clean technologies 📈🌏🧵 w/ @janatausch.bsky.social and Ed White on.ft.com/3EWY5Kd
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How Xi sparked China’s electricity revolution
[FREE TO READ] Beijing’s aggressive pursuit of energy self-sufficiency could give it the upper hand in the trade war with the US
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Sam Learner @samlearner.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
NEW from the team: another look at the supply chain behind the iPhone and why it would be impractical to manufacture in the US: ig.ft.com/us-iphone/
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Chad P. Bown @chadpbown.com · 13/04/2025
Focus, for a moment, on all of the goods that remain hit by Trump's massive new tariff barrage. Excellent explainer and data viz from @nassosstylianou.bsky.social et al
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Nassos Stylianou @nassosstylianou.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Updated: While Trump has now excluded smartphones and laptops, the two highest-value imports from China, from his “reciprocal” tariffs, 46 of the 50 items the US most relies on China for are still subject to the levies. www.ft.com/content/ec96...
A beeswarm chart titled "US reliance on products made in China" shows the percentage of various goods imported from China in 2024. Key items with high import percentages include microwaves and smartphones (over 90%), video game consoles (around 80%), lithium-ion batteries and ceramic sinks (50%). Hatched bubbles showing smartphones, laptops and computer monitors indicate products subject to tariff exemptions.
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Nassos Stylianou @nassosstylianou.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
NEW: More than 75% of smartphones, video game consoles, microwave ovens and toys shipped to the US in 2024 were produced in China We looked at the products Americans rely most on China for and spoke to experts about the possible impact of Trump's tariffs on US consumers www.ft.com/content/ec96...
Bubble chart showing U.S. reliance on products made in China in 2024, with bubble size representing import value in billions of dollars and position showing import percentage. Key imports include video game consoles, smartphones, and laptops (each with over 66% reliance), with notable categories including machinery/electrical, plastics, and textiles. Largest bubbles are for laptops ($33bn) and video game consoles.
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Sam Joiner @samjoiner.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
New: More than 3/4 of the mobile phones, games consoles, food processors, electric fans and toys shipped to the US last year were made in China. The products are among more than 50 items with an import value above $1bn subject to Trump’s 125% tariffs. Free-to-read link: on.ft.com/3Ei8ujf
A chart showing percentage of goods imported from China in 2024, sized by value in billions of dollars. Categories include machinery, electronics, textiles, and more. Key highlights include 90% of microwaves, over 80% of smartphones, and 66% of laptops imported into the US coming from China.
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Nassos Stylianou @nassosstylianou.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
NEW: Trump hopes that his tariffs will erode China’s surplus and allow US factories to compete. But the Chinese trade juggernaut is built on deep competitive advantages built up over decades and will not be easily dislodged Our visual deep dive into China's trade dominance ig.ft.com/china-trade-...
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How China’s record trade surplus helped spark Trump’s tariff war
Beijing’s domination of global trade has led to a schism between the world’s two largest economies — and left many others worried about their industries being crushed by China’s export machine
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Sam Joiner @samjoiner.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
New: Three decades after China liberalised its property market and ushered in a historic era of urbanisation, the state is back in force. Our latest visual investigation uses residential land sales to show that state-owned developers are propping up China’s housing sector. ig.ft.com/china-proper...
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How the state is propping up China’s housing market
As the government struggles to ease a real estate crisis, state-owned developers have been buying up land
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Sam Joiner @samjoiner.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
New: Can Trump make bitcoin useful? In our latest visual story, we assess the US president’s plans for a national stockpile... W/ @nassosstylianou.bsky.social @nikasgari.bsky.social Dan Clark @inari-ta.bsky.social ky.social @ian-bott.bsky.social @raydouglas.bsky.social ig.ft.com/trump-bitcoi...
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Can Trump make bitcoin useful?
The US president is embracing the cryptocurrency, exciting enthusiasts and concerning sceptics
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Nassos Stylianou @nassosstylianou.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
NEW: Can Trump make bitcoin useful? President Trump's embrace of crypto has helped supercharge bitcoin's price to eye-watering six-figure highs. Investors are excited by the prospect of a national bitcoin stockpile, but how such a reserve would work is unclear. ig.ft.com/trump-bitcoi...
An animation of a digital bitcoin rolling into view on an orange rectangular background
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Alison Killing @alisonkilling.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
The FT Visual Stories team's piece on the barriers to electric vehicle use is in @gijn.org's round up of this week's best data stories. @upyorkshire.ft.com @samjoiner.bsky.social @nassosstylianou.bsky.social @inari-ta.bsky.social @samlearner.bsky.social
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Nassos Stylianou @nassosstylianou.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
NEW: Petrol cars are on the way out. Are you ready to go electric? By 2030 the UK government wants 80% of new cars to be EVs. In our latest visual story, we built the perfect EV town and set out the changes needed to accelerate the transition ig.ft.com/uk-electric-...
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Clara Murray @claradoodle.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
I filled in for @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social this week with a Data Points column on why fears that deepfakes would cause election chaos this year turned out to be - mostly - overblown on.ft.com/4gy9i1c
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How we were deepfaked by election deepfakes
[FREE TO READ] The panic over AGI disinformation in this year’s political cycle seems to have been overblown
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Lucy Rodgers @upyorkshire.ft.com · 16/12/2024
NEW: A visual exploration of the closer trade ties that are poised to thrust Mexico into the centre of Trump’s trade war with China 🇲🇽 🤝 🇨🇳 👉 ig.ft.com/china-mexico... By @nassosstylianou.bsky.social @inari-ta.bsky.social Christine Murrey and Dan Clark
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How China is setting up shop in Mexico
An increasingly close trade relationship is causing concern in Washington
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Nassos Stylianou @nassosstylianou.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
NEW: How China is setting up shop in Mexico Our visual story explores the increasingly close trade relationship that is causing concern in Washington ig.ft.com/china-mexico...
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How China is setting up shop in Mexico
An increasingly close trade relationship is causing concern in Washington
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Lucy Rodgers @upyorkshire.ft.com · 20/11/2024
NEW: AI is powering a robotics revolution, transforming the way machines learn and interact with the world. 🤖 Are the robots finally coming? 🤖 ig.ft.com/ai-robots/
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Alison Killing @alisonkilling.bsky.social · 05/11/2024
A starter pack for the FT's visual and data team, just in time for the US election @data.ft.com go.bsky.app/TdNzsF3
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