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Data centers could provide a power boost for green energy companies that are being ignored — or outright denigrated — by President Trump.

Driving the news: That's a takeaway from the new IPO filing for SOLV Energy, a private equity-owned provider of construction services for solar and battery projects.

Fusion startup Xcimer Energy plans to pick a site by year's end to host what would be the world's largest laser.

Why it matters: Companies, investors and governments are racing to try to commercialize fusion tech as a limitless form of clean energy.

There's fresh evidence that President Trump and his lieutenants are willing to sacrifice "drill, baby, drill" in the U.S. for low prices and other policy priorities.

Why it matters: Modest prices and a revival of trade friction won't help bring a new surge in domestic production.

To mark the one-year anniversary of President Trump taking office, we asked Axios subject matter experts a simple question: What's the biggest disruption or change you've seen on your beat over the past year?

1. White House, Marc Caputo: A year in the planning, Trump's ouster of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro was a defining moment that crystallized the administration's "Trump Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine.