Platinum futures gained 1.4% as futures market investing demand grew amid supply constraints in South Africa. Analysts highlight potential upside for precious metals tied to automotive and clean energy applications. Gold has the advantage of having been around for thousands of years, making it the most trusted and established store of value in the eyes of massive pools of capital. But that might be where its advantages end. Fermi is developing a data center campus in Amarillo, Texas that it claims has the potential to deliver up to 11 gigawatts of power by 2038. The power would be a mix of nuclear, natural gas and solar. Futures market investing strategies may shift toward commodities as copper futures hit $4.12 per pound, driven by Chinese manufacturing sector recovery data. Analysts project industrial metals could outperform equities if global infrastructure spending accelerates in the second half of the year.