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Texas Halts Data Center Connections To Power Grid Amid Overwhelming Demand (slashdot.org)

2026-08-05 | tags: texas, power grid, ars technica

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Texas halts data center connections to power grid amid overwhelming demand (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: texas, ercot, data centers

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Poll Finds Overwhelming Majority Disgusted by Trump’s Relationship With AI Industry, Saying He’s Using the Tech to Tear Down Democracy (futurism.com)

2026-08-03 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: trump, sam altman, ai industry

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Data centers may face temporary power cuts to prevent blackouts on largest US grid (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-28 | by Tim De Chant | tags: pjm interconnection, data centers, power grid

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Power outage? Automakers want you to use your EV as a backup source (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-22 | tags: power grid, winter storm uri, vehicle-to-grid

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Show HN: BambooGrid – Open-source web UI for power grid modeling and power flow (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-16 | tags: bamboo, power grid, web ui

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Virginia county asks all employees, including schools, to conserve power due to AI-driven electricity price hikes — state's 400-plus data centers steadily increasing demand, grid expansion, and pricing (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-01 | by Bruno Ferreira | get Smart Power Strip → | tags: data centers, dominion energy, virginia

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Not all tech survives solar storms, here's what's most at risk (engadget.com)

2026-06-26 | by Alec Hively | get Surge Protector Power Strip → | tags: solar storms, geomagnetic storm, power grid

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What Europe’s heat wave means for the power grid (technologyreview.com)

2026-06-25 | by Casey Crownhart | get Smart Home Energy Monitor → | tags: european power grid, climate change, air conditioning

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Power for energy-guzzling AI data centers is getting fast-tracked thanks to federal regulators (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-22 | get Smart Power Strip → | tags: federal energy regulatory commission, ai data centers, power grid

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A Federal Regulator Wants to Fast-Track AI Data Centers Onto the Power Grid (gizmodo.com)

2026-06-18 | get Smart Power Strip → | tags: federal energy regulatory commission, ai data centers, power grid

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The AI boom is colliding with America’s aging power grid (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-02 | get Smart Home Energy Monitor → | tags: pge, power grid, interconnection requests

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Energy Developer Accidentally Bulldozes Indigenous Heritage Site ‘Beyond Recovery’ (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-27 | get Heritage Site Preservation Kit → | tags: renewable energy, australia, indigenous heritage

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How to prepare for brutal summer blackouts - and figure out your power needs now (zdnet.com)

2026-05-11 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | get Portable Solar Power Bank → | tags: solar panels, power stations, public safety power shutoffs

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What Will It Take to Modernize the US Power Grid? (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-11 | get Smart Grid Monitoring System → | tags: us power grid, electric grid, ai boom

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Maryland citizens hit with $2B power grid upgrade for out-of-state AI (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-10 | by Jowi Morales | get Smart Power Strip → | tags: pjm interconnection, federal energy regulatory commission, data centers

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Maryland citizens slapped with $2 billion power grid upgrade bill for out-of-state AI data centers — state complains to federal energy regulators, says additional cost breaks ‘ratepayer protection pledge’ promises (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-09 | by Jowi Morales | get Smart Power Strip → | tags: pjm interconnection, maryland, data centers

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All the latest updates on AI data centers (theverge.com)

2026-05-08 | by Verge Staff | get AI Data Center Cooling System → | tags: data centers, energy, power grids

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The biggest US power grid is under strain from AI — and no one is happy (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-08 | by Tim De Chant | get Smart Power Grid Monitor → | tags: pjm interconnection, american electric power, northern virginia

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The biggest U.S. power grid is under strain from AI — and no one is happy (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-08 | by Tim De Chant | get Smart Grid Monitoring System → | tags: pjm, american electric power, northern virginia

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US Renewable Power Generation Beats Natural Gas for the First Time, Defying Trump (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-15 | get Solar Panel Kit → | tags: renewable energy, natural gas, us power grid

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Watch Out for the ‘Off-Grid’ Problem Hiding in Your Business Model (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-13 | by Neel Somani | get Off-Grid Solar Power Kit → | tags: power grid, off-grid problem, fixed costs

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The Last Unit Sets the Price — Here’s A Simple Way to Think About Pricing (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-03 | by Neel Somani | get Pricing Strategy Book → | tags: power pricing, power grid, citadel

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Critical minerals are required to power AI data center demand (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-02 | get Critical Minerals Data Kit → | tags: batteries, critical minerals, data centers

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Electrical transformer manufacturing is throttling the electrified future (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-01 | get Electrical Transformer Kit → | tags: transformers, heathrow airport, novogrid

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Electrical Transformer Manufacturing Is Throttling the Electrified Future (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-01 | get Transformer Maintenance Kit → | tags: electrical transformers, manufacturing, electrified future

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What will power the grid in 2035? The race is wide open (techcrunch.com)

2026-03-28 | by Tim De Chant | get Tesla Powerwall 2 → | tags: fusion power, natural gas, smr startups

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The latest in data centers, AI, and energy (theverge.com)

2026-03-27 | by Verge Staff | get Smart Data Center Cooling → | tags: data centers, energy, servers

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The AI Race Is Pressuring Utilities to Squeeze More From Europe’s Power Grids (wired.com)

2026-03-23 | by Joel Khalili | get Smart Grid Energy Monitor → | tags: power grids, data centers, europe

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Utilities Study How to Protect Grids From Rising Physical Threats (spectrum.ieee.org)

2026-03-16 | by Julia Tilton | get Smart Grid Security Kit → | tags: gridex, e-isac, nerc