critical infrastructure

US Faces Winter Blackout Risks From Data Centers’ Power Needs

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Rising electricity demand from data centers is raising the risk of blackouts across a wide swath of the US during extreme conditions this winter, according to the regulatory body overseeing grid stability. Power consumption has grown 20 gigawatts from the previous winter, the North American Electric Reliability Corp. said Tuesday in its winter assessment. A … Read more

Google Backs Gas Power Plant With Carbon Capture for Midwest Data Centers

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Google has entered into the first corporate agreement to buy electricity from a U.S. power plant using carbon capture and storage in a deal to help fuel its data centers in the country’s Midwest region, the technology company said on Thursday. Big Tech’s plans to expand technologies like generative artificial intelligence, which will require vast … Read more