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Off-grid homes that turn everyday life into an adventure

Living off the grid is something a lot of people enjoy. The peaceful and quiet ambiance, the fresh surroundings and the freedom are liberating and rewarding in a unique way. Video shows attack on ...
The Verge

The winter storm tested power grids straining to accommodate AI data centers

Electricity costs spiked around ‘data center alley’ as frigid temperatures threatened the power grid. Electricity costs spiked around ‘data center alley’ as frigid temperatures threatened the power ...
The Conversation

Hacking the grid: How digital sabotage turns infrastructure into a weapon

Saman Zonouz receives funding from the Department of Energy Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (DOE CESER) and the National Science Foundation (NSF). The darkness that ...
WLKY

Here’s how AI data centers affect the electrical grid

Tech giants are in a heated race to build data centers and dominate the AI landscape. But America might not be ready for the energy demand.The country's aging electrical grid could struggle to keep up ...
Futurism

AI Data Centers Pushing Electric Grid Into Meltdown

AI data centers on the East Coast are gobbling up so much juice that nonprofit grid operator PJM may be forced to enact rolling blackouts on its customers during both heat waves and exceptionally cold ...
Cleveland.com

Data centers drain Ohio’s power grid and your wallet; GOP leaders finally begin to worry

Ohio’s electric bills are skyrocketing because of decisions by Republican leaders to welcome data centers while freezing out green energy sources, and Today in Ohio says some of those leaders now are ...
CounterPunch

Data Centers Might Break the Grid? Good, Something Needs To

A quick headline roundup from the last couple of weeks: “US Electric Grid Heading Toward ‘Crisis’ Thanks to AI Data Centers” (Common Dreams, January 2) “US electricity grid stretches thin as data ...
New York Post

Gov. Hochul wants NY AI, data centers to pay more as they tax energy grid

It’s a real power play. Gov. Hochul wants AI and other computer data centers that devour huge amounts of energy to pay more for electricity in a move she says will prevent sticker shock on regular ...
POWER Magazine

Data Centers, the Grid, and the Assumptions That Don’t Hold Up

The power sector is grappling with a fundamental mismatch: hyperscale data centers demand electricity at unprecedented speed and scale, while the infrastructure to serve them operates on timelines ...
WRIC

Debate over adding data centers to regional energy grid continues in federal filings

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The ongoing dispute between multiple agencies and organizations over the addition of large data centers to the regional energy grid persists, with several filings submitted to ...
CNBC

Alphabet to acquire data center and energy infrastructure company Intersect

Google parent Alphabet said it will acquire Intersect, a data center company, for $4.75 billion in cash and the assumption of debt. Alphabet said the acquisition will help bring more data center and ...