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AI data centers trigger massive 'irreversible' 76% electricity price spike in largest US region — federal watchdog demands tech giants pay for their own power infrastructure (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-16 | by Jowi Morales | get AI Data Center Power Supply → | tags: pjm interconnection, data centers, electricity prices

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Power prices are up 76% on America’s biggest grid, and a watchdog is pointing fingers (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-15 | by Tim De Chant | get Smart Home Energy Monitor → | tags: pjm interconnection, data centers, electricity prices

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49,000 Lake Tahoe residents could be left powerless as AI data centers inhale electricity supply — power company looking to redirect power to 12 data centers, high demand plus a regulatory limbo equals a dim situation (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-14 | by Bruno Ferreira | get Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) → | tags: google, microsoft, apple

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AlphaEvolve: Gemini-powered coding agent scaling impact across fields (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-07 | by Alphaevolve Team | get AI Coding Assistant Tool → | tags: alphaevolve, gemini, google

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Light without electricity? Glowing algae could make it possible (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-06 | get Bioluminescent Algae Lamp → | tags: cu boulder, bioluminescent algae, pyrocystis lunula

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Kevin O’Leary’s Massive Data Center Project in Utah Gets the Greenlight, Locals Are Furious (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-06 | get Data Center Cooling System → | tags: kevin o’leary, data center, utah

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Democrat and Republican Voters United on Key Issue: Hatred of Data Centers (futurism.com)

2026-05-03 | by Victor Tangermann | get Smart Power Strip → | tags: data centers, water supplies, electricity prices

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Electricity Is a Growing Area of Cyber-Risk (darkreading.com)

2026-04-22 | get Cybersecurity Power Strip → | tags: cyberattackers, electricity, voltage fluctuations

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Electricity Is a Growing Area of Cyber Risk (darkreading.com)

2026-04-22 | get Cybersecurity Power Strip → | tags: cyberattackers, electricity, voltage fluctuations

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Global growth in solar "the largest ever observed for any source" (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-22 | get Solar Panel Kit → | tags: solar, international energy agency, battery storage

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Study: EVs with V2H cut household electricity costs and need for home batteries (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-16 | by Candy Gibson | get Tesla Powerwall → | tags: v2h, flinders university, rooftop solar

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AI speeds up design of devices that turn waste heat into electricity (feeds.nature.com)

2026-04-15 | by Cao | get Thermoelectric Generator Kit → | tags: tegnet, thermoelectric generators, nature

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Seven countries now generate nearly all their electricity from renewables (2024) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-12 | get Renewable Energy Power Bank → | tags: renewable energy, international energy agency, international renewable energy agency

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Seven countries now generate 100% of their electricity from renewable energy (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-12 | get Renewable Energy Home Kit → | tags: renewable energy, international energy agency, international renewable energy agency

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Fixing a monitor that goes black, off or blinks due to static electricity (2023) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-12 | by Aitor Alonso | get Anti-Static Monitor Cleaning Kit → | tags: macbook pro, 4k monitor, static electricity

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Fix monitor that goes black, off or blinks due to static electricity in chair (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-12 | by Aitor Alonso | get Anti-static Monitor Mat → | tags: macbook pro, 4k monitor, static electricity

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Trump's emergency orders pushing coal power are "illegal" as well as dumb (arstechnica.com)

2026-04-09 | get Coal Power Plant Model → | tags: trump administration, department of energy, coal power plants

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Trump's emergency orders pushing coal power are illegal as well as dumb (arstechnica.com)

2026-04-09 | get Coal Power Plant Model → | tags: trump department of energy, coal power plants, us electricity grid

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How I sync my smart thermostat with off-peak hour rates to reduce electricity costs (zdnet.com)

2026-04-08 | by Maria Diaz | get Smart Thermostat Schedule Kit → | tags: smart thermostat, off-peak hours, electricity costs

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Has electricity decoupled from natural gas prices in Germany? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-07 | get Smart Electric Meter → | tags: gas prices, electricity market, renewable energy

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These Cities and States Are Taking Aim at Data Centers (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-04-07 | get Data Center Cooling Fan → | tags: data centers, electricity demand, environmental impact

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Renewables Reached Nearly 50% of Global Electricity Capacity Last Year (slashdot.org)

2026-04-03 | get Solar Panel Kit → | tags: renewable energy, international renewable energy agency, solar capacity

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Renewables reached nearly 50% of global electricity capacity last year (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-02 | by Brandon Vigliarolo | get Solar Panel Kit → | tags: irena, renewable capacity, solar installations

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OpenGridWorks: The Electricity Infrasctructure, Mapped (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-30 | get Smart Grid Infrastructure Map → | tags: opengridworks, electricity, infrastructure

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Static electricity is a mystery but invisible carbon may be key (feeds.nature.com)

2026-03-30 | by Bundell | get Carbon Conductive Tape → | tags: static electricity, carbon, oxide grains

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Britain today generating 90%+ of electricity from renewables (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-28 | get Renewable Energy Power Bank → | tags: wind farms, north sea, renewable power

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Senators want US energy information agency to monitor data center electricity usage (arstechnica.com)

2026-03-27 | get Smart Power Meter → | tags: energy information administration, data centers, electricity usage

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One Way or Another, Most of Our Electricity Comes From Solar Power (wired.com)

2026-03-27 | by Rhett Allain | get Portable Solar Power Bank → | tags: solar power, photosynthesis, coal

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Senators are pushing to find out how much electricity data centers actually use (theverge.com)

2026-03-26 | by Stevie Bonifield | get Smart Power Meter → | tags: data centers, energy information administration, wired

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Daily briefing: Static electricity is still a mystery — here’s what we know (feeds.nature.com)

2026-03-19 | by Smith | get Electrostatic Discharge Simulator → | tags: static electricity, crisper-cas9, cancer immunotherapy