(FILES) A ship carrying liquefied gas (R) approaches the new floating terminal for liquefied gas built by LNG (liquefied natural gas) Croatia, in the town of Omisalj on the island of Krk, on April 25, 2023. Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, gas supplies flowing from the east have become increasingly weaponised -- accelerating Brussels' plans to reduce its reliance on Moscow. Russia still supplies around 12 percent of the bloc's gas imports, according to the European Council, but by the end of 2027 it will ban them completely. To achieve this, the European Union has spent billions of euros on Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) infrastructure to meet its import demand -- which is the largest in the world. (Photo by DENIS LOVROVIC / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) This photograph taken on April 25, 2023, shows the new floating terminal for liquefied gas built by LNG (liquefied natural gas) Croatia, in the town of Omisalj on the island of Krk. Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, gas supplies flowing from the east have become increasingly weaponised -- accelerating Brussels' plans to reduce its reliance on Moscow. Russia still supplies around 12 percent of the bloc's gas imports, according to the European Council, but by the end of 2027 it will ban them completely. To achieve this, the European Union has spent billions of euros on Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) infrastructure to meet its import demand -- which is the largest in the world. (Photo by DENIS LOVROVIC / AFP via Getty Images)

People wait to cross a street near an electronic board showing Japan's Nikkei index at a securities firm Friday, July 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

A person walks past an electronic board showing Japan's Nikkei index at a securities firm Friday, July 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

This photograph taken on July 9, 2026 shows staff leaving for their lunch at Sterlite Technologies Limited (STL) manufacturing facility in Maharashtra's Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar. At a bustling factory in western India, technicians work around the clock to turn glass into hair-thin fibre-optic strands destined for data centres powering the global artificial intelligence boom. Sterlite earlier this year announced a $1.1-billion multi-year order from a US hyperscaler -- a term meaning a large-scale cloud service provider -- helping drive its shares up 400 percent this year. (Photo by Indranil MUKHERJEE / AFP via Getty Images)

This photograph taken on July 9, 2026 shows staff monitoring data on screens at Sterlite Technologies Limited (STL) manufacturing facility in Maharashtra's Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar. At a bustling factory in western India, technicians work around the clock to turn glass into hair-thin fibre-optic strands destined for data centres powering the global artificial intelligence boom. Sterlite earlier this year announced a $1.1-billion multi-year order from a US hyperscaler -- a term meaning a large-scale cloud service provider -- helping drive its shares up 400 percent this year. (Photo by Indranil MUKHERJEE / AFP via Getty Images)

This photograph taken on July 9, 2026 shows a staff carrying glass rods at Sterlite Technologies Limited (STL) manufacturing facility in Maharashtra's Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar. At a bustling factory in western India, technicians work around the clock to turn glass into hair-thin fibre-optic strands destined for data centres powering the global artificial intelligence boom. Sterlite earlier this year announced a $1.1-billion multi-year order from a US hyperscaler -- a term meaning a large-scale cloud service provider -- helping drive its shares up 400 percent this year. (Photo by Indranil MUKHERJEE / AFP via Getty Images)

This photograph taken on July 9, 2026 shows staff pushing a trolley of optical fibres at Sterlite Technologies Limited (STL) manufacturing facility in Maharashtra's Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar. At a bustling factory in western India, technicians work around the clock to turn glass into hair-thin fibre-optic strands destined for data centres powering the global artificial intelligence boom. Sterlite earlier this year announced a $1.1-billion multi-year order from a US hyperscaler -- a term meaning a large-scale cloud service provider -- helping drive its shares up 400 percent this year. (Photo by Indranil MUKHERJEE / AFP via Getty Images)